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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 31, 2010
What Streets Do They Sweep?

Aldermen opposed to the mayor's street-sweeping plan couldn't round up enough of their colleagues to take a vote against it this morning, but they declared victory anyway.
- by Hunter Clauss
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Joe Moore, Willie Cochran, Ricardo Munoz, Bob Fioretti, Lona Lan, Richard Mell, Burt Natarus, Chicago City Council, street sweeping

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News & Features, Politics, Mar 18, 2010
The Untouchables

Its nickname, "The Incumbent Alderman Protection Act," tells you all you need to know about a proposed state law.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Deb Mell, Richard Mell, 33rd Ward, Joseph Lyons, Elections and Campaign Reform Committee, The Incumbent Alderman Protection Act, House Bill 6000, Steve Brown, Michael Madigan, Steve Brown, Joe Laiacona, Tom Jaconetty, Michael Kasper, Joe Berrios, election law, Thomas Lyons, Rick Munoz, Little Village, Edward Burke, 14th Ward, Patrick Levar, 45th Ward, the shoelace case

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 3, 2009
Alexi's Albatross

Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family's bank to win Obama's old Senate seat?
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Alexi Giannoulias, Jan Schakowsky, Larry Suffredin, Barack Obama, Broadway Bank, David Hoffman, Chicago Urban League, Cheryle Robinson Jackson, Jacob Meister, Mark Kirk, Alexis Giannoulias, Anna Giannoulias, University of Chicago, Boston University, Tulane University, Demetris Giannoulias, Michael Iannaccone, MDI Investments, Crain's Chicago Business, most profitable bank, construction and development, C&D, brokered deposits, Lev Stratievsky, Boris Stratievsky, Tony Rezko, Michael Giorango, Loren Billings, Museum of Holography, Terrence Kasprzak, Peter Fitzgerald, George Ryan, Dan Hynes, Tom Hynes, Blair Hull, Gery Chico, Maria Pappas, Sean Conlon, Jim Houlihan, Jesse White, Walter Burnett, Harry Osterman, Dan Burke, John Stroger, Forrest Claypool, Roberto Maldonado, Joe Berrios, Burt Natarus, Manny Flores, Judy Baar Topinka, Michael Madigan, Paul Mangieri, Jesse Jackson Jr., Richard Mell, Konstantinos Boulis, Spiros Naos, Christine Radogno, Rod Blagojevich, Bright Start, Illinois college savnigs fund, OppenheimerFunds, Green Rewards, Cash For Clunkers, Mayor Daley, Kyle Orton, Wells Fargo, Hartmarx, Mark Beaubien, Lisa Madigan, Roland Burris, Tom Dart, Bill Daley, Christopher Kennedy, Jerry Morrison, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, FDIC, Delmarie Cobb, mortgage lenders

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 19, 2009
The Freemasonry Thing Could Be a Problem
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Joe Laiacona, Deb Mell, Richard Mell, Rod Blagojevich, 40th District

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News & Features, Feature, Nov 19, 2009
A Kink in the Campaign

If his challenge to Deb Mell's nominating petition succeeds, state rep candidate Joe Laiacona just might run unopposed in the Democratic primary. But can a leather master actually win in the general election?
- by Hunter Clauss
- Tags: Feature, Joe Laiacona, Columbia College, Richard Mell, Deborah Mell, Deb Mell, Richard Means, leather master, Jack Rinella, Leather Views, Gay Chicago Magazine, LeatherViews.com, The Master's Manual: A Handbook of Erotic Dominance, Becoming a Slave: The Theory & Practice of Voluntary Servitude, Philosophy in the Dungeon: The Magic of Sex & Spirit, Craig Gernhardt, Dan Sutherland, Patrick Herlihy, joe4forty.blogspot.com, Nomination Papers, Dick Simpson, Barack Obama, Alice Palmer, Board of Elections, Mike Kasper, Next Generation Chicago, BDSM, Leather Archives & Museum, sadomasochism, Michael Madigan, Chuck Renslow, Dan O'Brien, International Mr. Leather, Man's Country, 40th District, DungeonPlace.com, FetishCast, Cook County Democratic Central Committee, George Dunne

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 9, 2009
Olympics consolation prize: a casino?
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Olympic Village, casino, George Cardenas, Richard Mell, Michael Reese Hospital, gambling, Illinois Lottery, video poker

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 17, 2009
Looks like I picked the right week to keep working at the Reader
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Rod Blagojevich, The Governor, Blago, Richard Mell, 2016 Olympics, Olympic Games, Chicago Olympics, European Tour Operators Association, Sun-Times, Richard Roeper, Michael Sneed

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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 19, 2009
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.
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Roberto Maldonado, 26th Ward, Billy Ocasio, Veronica Ocasio, Luis Gutierrez, Humboldt Park, Wilfredo De Jesus, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp., People's Choice Mortgage, Thomas Keane, Arenda Troutman, George Cardenas, Latasha Thomas, Walter Burnett, Patrick O’Connor, Michelle Harris, Ed Burke, Willie Cochran, Richard Mell, William Banks, Joe Moore, Toni Preckwinkle, Eugene Schulter, Mark Brown, Deborah Nelson, Chicago Sun-Times, Cook County Board, Dean T. Maragos, Carlos A. Vasquez, Rey Colon, Vilma Colom

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Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012

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The curious tale of what happened to a proposal for an independent budget office at Chicago City Hall

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The Chicago City Council votes 43-6 in favor of a deal to turn public space over to a private billboard company

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Alderman Bob Fioretti is losing his voice for a few days, but you can still hear him on YouTube.

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Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they've barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.

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Plans are afoot for the Chicago City Council to pass a new gun-control ordinance, even though aldermen haven't even seen it yet.

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Alderman Mell invites a certain Reader columnist to come out and talk TIFs.

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All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more

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Aldermen opposed to the mayor's street-sweeping plan couldn't round up enough of their colleagues to take a vote against it this morning, but they declared victory anyway.

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Its nickname, "The Incumbent Alderman Protection Act," tells you all you need to know about a proposed state law.

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Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family's bank to win Obama's old Senate seat?

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If his challenge to Deb Mell's nominating petition succeeds, state rep candidate Joe Laiacona just might run unopposed in the Democratic primary. But can a leather master actually win in the general election?

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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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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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