- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 26, 2012
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Mayor Rahm goes on vacation and the City Council undoes all his damage!
It's all a dream . . .
- 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, Nov 30, 2012
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Here comes another city privatization deal forged behind closed doors
Chicago aldermen are poised to sign off on Rahm Emanuel's no-bid billboard plan
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2012
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Why your alderman (and mine) always votes yes on the Chicago city budget
Analysis of the latest rubber-stamp budget vote by the Chicago City Council
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 27, 2012
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City Council votes to lower penalties on pot possession
The Chicago City Council passed a measure to soften penalties for low-level pot possession by a 43 to 3 vote
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 21, 2012
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Aldermen say yes to pot law changes
Rahm Emanuel's decriminalization proposal moves forward
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 20, 2012
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A few things the City Council should know about pot
Drug policy expert Kathie Kane-Willis discusses Chicago's proposal to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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Rahm backs changes to pot policy
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is preparing to announce his support for a plan to soften penalties for marijuana possession
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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When senators start looking like aldermen
JP Morgan Chase shows how money buys attention at every level of politics
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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Mayor Emanuel stands pat on pot
The mayor remains silent as Chicago police tie up 175 officer hours a day arresting people for marijuana possession
- Blogs, Bleader, May 18, 2012
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Mayor Rahm's not so new idea: TIFs for the rich
Mayor Rahm's grand new plan to give a $29 million TIF handout to River Point's developers was actually approved by the city council in 2008
- Blogs, Bleader, May 3, 2012
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A new cable deal for Chicago
Chicago's new RCN cable contract is a sign of a better deal for public access TV in the city
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2012
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Trust vote: back to normal for the City Council
No surprise with the infrastructure fund: once again, the City Council gives the mayor what he wants.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 20, 2012
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Artists rally to save their street festivals
A petition demands that the Chicago City Council revoke street fair fees for neighborhood fests.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2012
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Alderman Ed Burke acknowledges the existence of a mere mortal
The finance committee chairman marches into City Council
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2012
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Oh, to have those fighting independents back
In city council meetings, Chicago's mayor once had to contend with a fierce opposition
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 18, 2012
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City Council concludes its approval of Emanuel's protest rules
City Council passes Emanuel's protest ordinances, but not everyone's pleased
- 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
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