- News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
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The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"
Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 14, 2012
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Mayor's allies protect City Council from plan to protect your tax dollars
The curious tale of what happened to a proposal for an independent budget office at Chicago City Hall
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 12, 2012
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City Council gets in the spirit of giving, approves Rahm's billboard deal
The Chicago City Council votes 43-6 in favor of a deal to turn public space over to a private billboard company
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2012
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Aldermen raise serious questions about billboard deal, then advance it anyway
As expected, the Chicago City Council advances the city's latest privatization plan
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2012
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City sheds hundreds more jobs in black and Hispanic neighborhoods
Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of Mayor Emanuel's belt tightening
- News & Features, Sidebar, Jun 28, 2012
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Pull up a chair
Fifteen of the donors and insiders who got access to Rahm Emanuel
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 17, 2012
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Aldermen examine new protest rules before doing what they're told
Somehow Mayor Emanuel gets his way again
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2011
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New council, new mayor, new budget, same result
A new council, mayor, and budget does not mean new results.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2011
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Up Is Down and Love Is Everywhere at Daley's Last City Council Meeting
Mayor Daley presided over his last City Council meeting pretty much the same way he presided over the others for 22 years.
- Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Apr 1, 2010
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50 Aldermen/50 Artists
All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 30, 2009
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Questions, Questions
Tough times--especially on the south side--have led to some rare tough questioning in the City Council.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 9, 2009
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There's no "NAY" in "TEAM"
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 29, 2009
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Green for Green
The city and Exelon are moving ahead with plans to create the largest urban solar power plant in the country. How much will it cost us?
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2008
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What the City Council accomplished . . .
The City Council was busy doing your work Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 31, 2007
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Win the battle, lose the war?
Look to the skies: opponents of the mayor's property tax hike are finding that to rebel is one thing, to raise revenue another.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 11, 2007
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Dick's Last Resort
What do you get when you reelect a mayor with 71 percent of the vote? Big tax hikes.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 7, 2007
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Office of Complacence
Aldermen approve a new city department they don't really think they need.
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