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by Progress Illinois
9:42am
Wed Jul 1, 2009

Daley, Union Leaders Reach Deal To Avert Layoffs (UPDATED)

Chicago

Looks like those 1,500 pink slips to Chicago city workers won't be necessary after all:

Labor leaders will join Mayor Daley this morning in announcing that
they're finalizing a two-year package of cost-cutting concessions that
would save the jobs of 1,504 city ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
5:05pm
Mon Jun 29, 2009
1 comment

The Olympic Weekend

Olympics

Will the public pay for the Olympics in 2016? That's the question
taxpayers are trying to understand after a flurry of Olympic-related
news hit newsstands this weekend. Here's a brief run-down:

The confusion started Friday, when Mayor Daley made his first public
...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
2:46pm
Fri Jun 26, 2009
2 comments

A Renewed Push For A Binding Olympics Agreement

Manny Flores

With Chicago aldermen now paying close attention
to the potential public cost of the city's Olympic bid, local activists
headed back to City Hall yesterday to revive their push for a
legally-binding community benefits agreement.

As regular readers know, Communities ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
2:23pm
Wed Jun 24, 2009
159 comments

Getting Creative With Daley's TIF Network

Richard Daley

As the city of Chicago grappled with a $300 million budget shortfall, we proposed three potential changes to Mayor Daley's sprawling tax increment financing (TIF) system that could free up some much-needed funds for cash-starved local taxing bodies. 

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
9:45am
Mon Jun 22, 2009
2 comments

With The Olympics, Past Could Be Prologue For Taxpayers

Richard Daley

The Daley administration and the Chicago's Olympic bid committee
went into damage control mode last week after the mayor flip-flopped
and signaled to the International Olympic Committee that Chicago
taxpayers will cover costs overrun associated with the 2016 Summer
...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:10pm
Fri Jun 19, 2009

Griesing Excorciates Daley Over The Olympics

Richard Daley

In today's paper, Tribune business columnist David Griesing absolutely lambasts Mayor Daley for his flip-flop on a taxpayer guarantee for the 2016 Olympics.  A few choice excerpts:

This was, at once, a surprise and a foregone conclusion. Daley had said
all along ...

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by Angela Caputo
10:15am
Fri Jun 19, 2009
2 comments

Flores On Daley's Olympic Guarantee: "Enough Is Enough"

Richard Daley

In Switzerland this week, Mayor Daley may have thought that he was far enough away that Chicagoans wouldn't hear he agreed to use taxpayer dollars to pay for any cost overruns associated with the 2016 Olympics. Luckily, the Tribune
caught wind of the hushed deal.  Now, ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:47am
Tue Jun 16, 2009
2 comments

Madigan For ... Mayor?

Richard Daley

While there is no indication whatsoever that Attorney General Lisa Madigan is even considering such a move, Mick Dumke planted the seed in a blog post yesterday:

I should also take note of another seat up for election just a few
months after these, in early 2011, ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
7:12pm
Thu Jun 11, 2009

AFSCME To Daley: Layoffs Aren't Your Only Option

Tax Increment Financing

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced this afternoon that he intends to go ahead with a plan to layoff over 1,000 city workers tomorrow to help close the city budget gap.  WBEZ quoted AFSCME spokesman Anders Lindall in response:

Lindall says labor leaders
recognize ...