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Ben Joravsky
- Blogs, The Blog, Nov 19, 2009
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CPS Pres Michael Scott's Backroom Meeting at Edna's
A backroom meeting between CPS board president Michael Scott (now deceased), Arne Duncan, Danny Davis, and Rickey Hendon is making the rounds. I reported on that meeting in 2006.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Nov 19, 2009
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Transparency in Action
How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor’s shadow budget
- Blogs, The Blog, Nov 10, 2009
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David Orr Releases His Annual TIF Report
Cook County Clerk David Orr tallies up the 2009 TIF take.
- Blogs, The Blog, Nov 5, 2009
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Don't Mess With Big Joe
Andrea Raila drops out of the race for Cook County assessor.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Nov 5, 2009
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October Surprise
Mayor Daley says he’s not raising property taxes. But he is. Here’s how.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 30, 2009
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Pay up, suckers
How'd the big boys do? An analysis of what public officials have to pay in property taxes.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Oct 29, 2009
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Clout on the Calumet River
Marina owner Mike Olsen has reason to fear the city will force him out of business to the benefit of his competition.
- News & Commentary, Feature, Oct 22, 2009
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The Shadow Budget
The Daley administration commands an off-the-books kitty of taxpayer money equivalent to a sixth of the official city budget. Now we’ve got documents that show what they want to do with it.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Oct 21, 2009
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Who’ll Decide How Much You Pay?
A look at the cast of characters running for the obscure but critical office of Cook County assessor
- News & Commentary, Politics, Oct 8, 2009
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Lessons From Our Olympic Adventure
Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 5, 2009
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We're Not Crying!
Who exactly are the Trib editorial writers trying to comfort? Most Chicagoans didn't want to host the 2016 Olympics.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 2, 2009
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We Win!
Believe me: losing the Olympics bid is a very, very good thing.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 24, 2009
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Dear International Olympic Committee
One last argument for why Chicago doesn't need, want, or deserve the 2016 Olympic games.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 17, 2009
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Ben Joravsky, Tool of the Man
The real story behind the first story on trouble between Governor Blagojevich and his father-in-law, Richard Mell.
- Blogs, The Blog, Sep 10, 2009
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Olympic Compromise
The City Council authorizes the mayor to spend as much money as he wants as long as he tells them about it afterward.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's "Stewardship Report"
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there's the question of why they're paying.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 3, 2009
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Ready, Set, (Property Tax) Hike
How will Daley balance the 2010 budget? Prepare for higher property taxes—but not till after the 2016 Olympics are sited.
- Blogs, The Blog, Sep 1, 2009
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The Substitute for the Substitute
Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores's oversight compromise.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Aug 19, 2009
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The Real Estate King of the Chicago City Council
Brand-new 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado owns more properties than any other council rep—including ten in his own ward. That's a lot of potential conflicts of interest.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Aug 12, 2009
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Who’ll Be the Bad Guy Now?
In a Trib op-ed, Manny Flores backs away from the cap he proposed on public funding for the Olympics.
