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by Angela Caputo
2:45pm
Wed Dec 9, 2009

A Look Back At The Republic Windows Ripple Effect

Chicago City Council

While much of the current local coverage is being devoted to the
anniversary of Rod Blagojevich's arrest, this week also marks one year
since the historic sit-in by the employees of Chicago-based Republic
Windows and Doors.  The occupation of the factory began on ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:27am
Tue Dec 8, 2009
8 comments

Chicago Mental Health Advocates Call For Investigation

Chicago City Council

As regular readers know all too well, ongoing mismanagement at Chicago's Public Health department is costing taxpayers a bundle. The agency's problems date back to 2007 when former director Dr. Terry Mason approved a plan to purchase a $16.1 million billing system from ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:23am
Fri Dec 4, 2009

Next Up, Saffold Defends TIFs (UPDATED)

Tax Increment Financing

Mayor Daley must be really eager to tamp down all this tax increment financing (TIF) talk.  Appearing on WBEZ on November 1, he talked at length -- and not entirely truthfully -- about the benefits of this economic development tool.  At a November 13 press conference...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
5:33pm
Thu Dec 3, 2009
1 comment

A "Grand Experiment" In Budgeting

Chicago

Anyone who's been following the City of Chicago's budgeting process
knows that neither the public nor elected officials have had much
substantive input into each year's spending. But up in Chicago's 49th
Ward, Ald. Joe Moore and some of his constituents are testing out a ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:14am
Thu Dec 3, 2009
4 comments

TIF Dominates The Chicago Budget Debate

Manny Flores

Judging by the budget debate that took place yesterday, there's no doubt that members of Chicago's City Council have noticed the unprecedented tax increment financing (TIF) blowback that we chronicled this week.

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
3:38pm
Tue Dec 1, 2009
4 comments

Chronicling The TIF Blowback

Chicago

Anyone who has been following the debate over tax increment financing (TIF) this past decade is probably rubbing their eyes in disbelief today.

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
12:46pm
Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Tribune Highlights "TIF Gone Wild"

Chicago

Last week, we credited 42nd Ward Ald. Brenden Reilly for his opposition to the proposed creation of a sixth tax increment financing (TIF) district in his booming downtown ward. Today, the Tribune editorial board chimed in, calling out Mayor Daley for attempting to exploit a ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:40am
Fri Nov 20, 2009

"A TIF Geek If There Ever Was One"

Tax Increment Financing

That's how the Reader's Ben Joravsky describes our own Angela Caputo in his latest article on Chicago's tax increment financing (TIF) network.  And you can bet she's wearing that badge with pride.
Joravasky's piece also details how state legislators used a Freedom of ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:14am
Wed Nov 18, 2009

Activists Push For Better TIF Investment: "We Need This Housing"

Housing

A few months back, a coalition of community activists from across Chicago met at City Hall to call out the Daley administration for investing so few tax increment financing (TIF) dollars in affordable housing. After all, over the past decade, a mere 4 percent of the ...