- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 13, 2013
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The madness behind Mayor Emanuel's methods
In pressing for school closings and a new meter deal, Rahm doesn't let facts get in the way.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 5, 2013
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City Council approves Rahm's new parking meter deal
Chicago's parking meter money will continue to flow to private investors.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2013
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Mayor Rahm says, "Pay your meters, Chicago"
Emanuel's a lot tougher on public school teachers than he is on the beneficiaries of the parking meter deal.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 14, 2012
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Mayor Emanuel ensures parking meters remain in private hands
A Cook County judge rules against a challenge to the parking meter deal
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 18, 2012
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On meter deal, legal action speaks louder than words
As Mayor Emanuel blasts the parking meter deal, city lawyers fight to keep it in place
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 14, 2011
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Rahm's latest verdict: we're stuck with the meter deal
Even Emanuel has to acknowledge that the city's street parking system was sold.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2010
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Tomorrow's Big Non-Election Political News
All eyes are on state and national politics, but there's local political news to watch as well.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2010
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The Cover of the Rolling Stone
The parking meter deal continues to live in infamy, this time in Rolling Stone.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 20, 2010
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Not Getting It
The problems with the parking meter deal go far beyond rates and broken meters.
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 10, 2010
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Privatize Public Transit?
Chicago's tried it before. Here's how that went.
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 11, 2010
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Time for a Revolution
No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you've noticed: he rarely ever gets one.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2010
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Parking Meters and the Psychology of Driving
Why people think walking takes longer than driving, and how to increase cycling by getting rid of parking spaces.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 17, 2010
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I Give Up
Object lessons in the actual problems with urban planning, and in hopelessness.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
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Ben Joravsky & Mick Dumke Take You Inside the News Before It Happens
Privatization? Parking Meters? Property taxes? There's an archive for that.
- News & Features, Politics, Jan 14, 2010
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The Case For Selling Off the City
You’ve read plenty in these pages about the hazards of turning over roads, airports, and parking meters to private companies. But when privatization is done right, argues advocate John Schmidt, it can be an ideal partnership.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 7, 2010
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Mayor Daley's Chief of Staff Gets the Boot
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2010
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Great Moments in Car Culture
Where we're going we don't need... parking meters
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 17, 2009
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It Doesn't Take Much to Be a Maverick
Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 10, 2009
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FAIL: The Reader's Parking Meter Investigation
Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke's report on the privatization of Chicago's parking meters, how the deal went down, and its fallout
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 20, 2009
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