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News & Features, Feature, Oct 22, 2009
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.
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, TIF, TIFs, tax increment financing, tax-increment financing, Mayor Daley, Chicago budget crisis, Chicago budget shortfall, Mayor Daley, Richard Daley, Skyway, Chicago parking meters, Willis Tower, City Council, Walter Burnett, 27th Ward, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Gene Saffold, Christine Raguso, TIF budget, Molly Sullivan, Department of Community Development, DCD, MillerCoors, United Airlines, LaSalle Central TIF, Robert Fioretti, Jack George, American Landmark Properties, Daley & George, Roseland/Michigan TIF, Anthony Beale, 9th Ward, Calumet-Cermak TIF district, Jones High School, Scott Waguespack, 32nd Ward, Rick Munoz, 22nd Ward

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 21, 2009
Fact-Checking Mayor Daley's Budget Address

On October 21 Mayor Daley proposed a $6.1 billion city budget for 2010 that he said would be balanced without raising taxes or cutting core services. But not all of his claims passed the sniff test.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago City Council, politics, Chicago politics, city budget, 2010 budget, parking meters, parking meter lease deal, tax increment financing, city payroll, John Pope

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 21, 2009
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
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Andrea Raila, Joe Berrios, Ali ElSaffar, Robert Shaw, Raymond Figueroa, Cook County assessor, James Houlihan

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 8, 2009
Lessons From Our Olympic Adventure

Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived. Plus: My new BFF Michelle Malkin
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Chicago politics, Chicago 2016, Olympics, President Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Mayor Richard M. Daley, President George W. Bush, Republican Party, Patrick Ryan

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News & Features, The Arts, Oct 8, 2009
Everyone Is Implicated

My Kind of Town, John Conroy's unforgiving new play about the Chicago police torture scandal, gets a reading at the Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: The Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Stage 773

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News & Features, The Arts, Sep 24, 2009
They Didn't Think of the Children

D. Bradford Hunt's new book on the Chicago Housing Authority attributes the failure of high-rise housing projects to a "concentration of people under 21 years old [that] was unprecedented in the urban experience."
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: The Arts, D. Bradford Hunt, Chicago Housing Authority, Blueprint for Disaster, CHA, Cabrini-Green, Stateway Gardens, Robert Taylor Homes, Dearborn Homes, public housing, Roosevelt University

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 24, 2009
Dear International Olympic Committee

One last argument for why Chicago doesn’t need, want, or deserve the games.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Rio, Madrid, Tokyo, Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympics, corruption, Chicago Way, taxes, Soldier Field, Millennium Park, Block 37, European Tour Operators Association, Anderson Economic Group

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 17, 2009
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.
- by Ben Joravsky

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Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Sep 17, 2009
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Blagojevich: Think Socrates, Not Icarus

The Governor isn’t mythological material, though it contains plenty of myth. But it’s a fine warning on the pitfalls of democracy.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Book Review, The Governor, Rod Blagojevic, Icarus, Socrates, Mayor Daley, Richard Mell, Tony Rezko, Christopher Kelly, Patrick Fitzgerald, Phoenix Books, Video

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 13, 2009
The Chicago Reader TIF Archive

Articles on Chicago's TIF (tax increment financing) districts.

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News & Features, Feature, Aug 12, 2009
The Bloomingdale Trail: Urban Oasis or Devil's Playground?

Despite easy access and great publicity, the 2.7-mile stretch of abandoned rail bed isn't slated to open as a park till at least 2016. Whose job is it to secure it until then?
- by John Greenfield
- Tags: Feature, Bloomingdale Trail, Canadian Pacific Railway, Chicago, Logan Square Open Space Plan, Humboldt Park, Wicker Park, Bucktown, bicycling, jogging, dog walking, Trust for Public Land, Albany/Whipple Park, Rey Colon, Scott Waguespack, Manny Flores, Roberto Maldonado, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, Ben Helphand, Andrew Vesselinovitch, John Escalante, Chicago police, 14th District, crime, 32nd Ward, 26th Ward, First Ward, 35th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 12, 2009
Who’ll Be the Bad Guy Now?

Manny Flores backs away from the cap he proposed on public funding for the Olympics.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, politics, Manny Flores, Chicago 2016 bid, Chicago City Council, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Olympics, Chicago city budget, Scott Waguespack, Joe Moore, Lori Healey, International Olympic Committee, Olympics funding, Chicago Tribune

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News & Features, Feature, Aug 5, 2009
Mr. Big Spender

As the city faced a gaping budget deficit, the Daley administration closed out Chicago’s oldest and fattest slush fund by spending every last cent in it—and then some.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Feature, Mayor Daley, Central Loop TIF, tax increment financing, Chicago budget, G.F. Structures, Walsh Construction, Aldridge Electric, F.H. Paschen, CNA Financial, United Airlines, Careerbuilder, John Buck, Block 37, Loews Hotels, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Theatre, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Millennium Park, Burt Natarus, LaSalle Central TIF, Rod Blagojevich

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2009
A reliable source of revenue

Chicago should legalize it--then tax it.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, The Reefer, Chicago politics, budget deficit, taxes, marijuana, decriminalization, city of Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

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News & Features, Politics, Jul 30, 2009
Michael Reese Hospital: The First Sacrificial Lamb

Preservationists' battle over the Michael Reese Hospital campus is just a taste of how the Olympics will drive public policy if Chicago wins the games.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, politics, Olympics, Chicago 2016 bid, Michael Reese Hospital, Walter Gropius, Grahm Balkany, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, architecture, preservation, Prairie Shores, Chicago politics, President Obama

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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.

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On October 21 Mayor Daley proposed a $6.1 billion city budget for 2010 that he said would be balanced without raising taxes or cutting core services. But not all of his claims passed the sniff test.

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A look at the cast of characters running for the obscure but critical office of Cook County assessor

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Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived. Plus: My new BFF Michelle Malkin

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My Kind of Town, John Conroy's unforgiving new play about the Chicago police torture scandal, gets a reading at the Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival.

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D. Bradford Hunt's new book on the Chicago Housing Authority attributes the failure of high-rise housing projects to a "concentration of people under 21 years old [that] was unprecedented in the urban experience."

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One last argument for why Chicago doesn’t need, want, or deserve the games.

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The real story behind the first story on trouble between Governor Blagojevich and his father-in-law, Richard Mell.

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The Governor isn’t mythological material, though it contains plenty of myth. But it’s a fine warning on the pitfalls of democracy.

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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.

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How will Daley balance the 2010 budget? Prepare for higher property taxes—but not till after the 2016 Olympics are sited.

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Congressman Henry Waxman shows 'em how to harness a shifting political wind.

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And credits the Reader for leading the way in looking into the deal.

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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.

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Articles on Chicago's TIF (tax increment financing) districts.

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Despite easy access and great publicity, the 2.7-mile stretch of abandoned rail bed isn't slated to open as a park till at least 2016. Whose job is it to secure it until then?

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Manny Flores backs away from the cap he proposed on public funding for the Olympics.

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As the city faced a gaping budget deficit, the Daley administration closed out Chicago’s oldest and fattest slush fund by spending every last cent in it—and then some.

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Chicago should legalize it--then tax it.

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Preservationists' battle over the Michael Reese Hospital campus is just a taste of how the Olympics will drive public policy if Chicago wins the games.

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