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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 29, 2010
City Council Doesn't Act on New Gun Ordinance Because There's No Ordinance To Act On

Chicago city officials say they don't have a new gun ordinance ready yet, but corporation counsel Mara Georges says she hopes it will include a one-gun-per-person limit and a ban on gun shops within the city limits.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, handgun ban, gun ban, Chicago City Council, Mara Georges, Anthony Beale, Ed Burke, Robert Fioretti, violence, Chicago Police Department, Jody Weis

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News & Features, Politics, Jun 17, 2010
The Armies Are Gathering

Now that the word's out about how TIFs suck money away from the schools, parents are rallying to raid the kitty.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Mayor Daley, TIF, TIFs, tax increment financing, Raise Your Hand coalition, Jonathan Goldman, Robert Fioretti, Tom Allen, Sweet Home Chicago, Ron Huberman, Pat Quinn, Arne Duncan, Diana Ferguson, Alicia Winckler, Jerome Goudelock

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News & Features, Politics, May 20, 2010
The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley's TIF Game

The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they're really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, TIFs, tax-increment fiancing, TIF map, West Englewood, 15th Ward, 41st Ward, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, Bronzeville TIF, 2nd Ward, 3rd Ward, 4th Ward, Chatham, Beverly, Lakeview, Rogers Park, Loop, 27th Ward, 42nd Ward, Gold Coast, Garfield Park, City Council, City Hall, Anthony Beale, 9th Ward, Roseland, Robert Fioretti, Bob Fioretti, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, Chicago Riverwalk, Brendan Reilly, Isaac Carothers, 29th Ward, Hillary Rodham Clinton Park, Prairie Avenue Historic District, Harpo Studios, MillerCoors, 250 S. Wacker, Chicago Christian Industrial League, New Ritz, Kennedy-King College, Walmart, Walter Burnett, 27th Ward, 60th and Western TIF district, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Near West TIF District, Greektown, 14th Ward, Ed Burke, 32nd Ward, Roscoe Village, Wicker Park, 32nd Ward, Scott Waguespack, 38th Ward, Tom Allen, 22nd Ward, Rick Munoz, shadow budget, TIF shadow budget

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News & Features, Politics, May 6, 2010
Check the Thermostat in Hell

Alderman Mell invites a certain Reader columnist to come out and talk TIFs.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Richard Mell, Dick Mell, 33rd Ward, zoning advisory board, Monique Bond, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, City Hall, TIF, tax-increment financing, Deb Mell, The ABC's of TIF, Robert Fioretti, Mayor Daley, Harry Osterman, John Fritchey, Vilma Colom, 35th Ward, 2nd Ward, Rod Blagojevich, Department of Community Development

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Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Apr 1, 2010
50 Aldermen/50 Artists

All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more
- Tags: Art Feature, 50 Aldermen 50 Artists, Lauri Apple, Jeremy Scheuch, Chicago City Council, Four Star commuter bike, KHS Bicycles, Roscoe Village Bikes, Johalla Projects, Chicago aldermen, City Council, Pat Dowell, Kenton Quatman, Leslie Hairston, Olivia Liddell, Sandi Jackson, Lunchbreath, Robert Fioretti, Byron Durham, Proco "Joe" Moreno, Joe Moreno, Layne Jackson, Freddrenna Lyle, Timothy Pigott, John Pope, Derek Erdman, Toni Preckwinkle, Christa Lohman, Michelle Harris, Felicia Grant Preston, Anthony Beale, Esteban Alcozer, Lona Lane, Marie Walz, George Cardenas, Jon Gitelson, Virginia Rugai, Melissa Modlinski, Frank Olivo, Krystal Meisel, Toni Foulkes, Katy Keefe, James Balcer, Ron Ewert, Latasha Thomas, Jessica Munguia, Ed Burke, Jennifer Greenburg, Willie Cochran, Shawn Sargent, JoAnn Thompson, David Penna, Daniel Solis, Seth Gershberg, Ike Carothers, Deborah Graham, Aron Gent, Howard Brookins Jr., Alpha Bruton, Walter Burnett, Lucas Blair, Lucas Blair Simpson, Michael Zalewski, Jeremy Bolen, Sharon Denise Dixon, Melissa Ann Pinney, Ariel Reboyras, Dubi Kaufmann, Ricardo Munoz, DF, Ed Smith, Andrea Jablonski, Roberto Maldonado, Jeremy Scheuch, Margaret Laurino, Rachel M. Wolfe, Patrick O'Connor, Joe Sikora, Scott Waguespack, Jim Newberry, Clarisse Perrette, Carrie Austin, Rey Colon, Craighton Berman, Ray Suarez, Emanuel Aguilar, John Rice, Eric Lebofsky, Emma Mitts, Andrew Bruah, Richard Mell, Casey Stockdon, Thomas Allen, Dustin Ruegger, Brian Doherty, Stephanie Dean, Joe Moore, Andy Resek, Tom Tunney, Johanna Meyers, Eugene Schulter, Phineas X. Jones, Helen Schiller, John Geletka, Brendan Reilly, Aaron Delehanty, Patrick Levar, Aaron Wooten, Vi Daley, Marita Avio-Sanchez, Mary Ann Smith, Jon Hisel, Bernard Stone, James Ewert Jr.

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How Mayor Emanuel could turn Jones high into a neighborhood school—and win my almost undying support

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

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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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As expected, the Chicago City Council advances the city's latest privatization plan

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The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005

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Analysis of the latest rubber-stamp budget vote by the Chicago City Council

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After Rahm nixes public budget hearings, aldermen organize their own

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Longtime independent Joe Moore helps Mayor Emanuel stall the movement for an elected school board

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The story behind a vacant building turned into public art

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A glimpse of joblessness on the west side

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Robert Fioretti

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It's clear that to Mayor Emanuel, this was a big fucking bummer.

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City Council passes Emanuel's protest ordinances, but not everyone's pleased

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Mayor Daley presided over his last City Council meeting pretty much the same way he presided over the others for 22 years.

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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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Chicago city officials say they don't have a new gun ordinance ready yet, but corporation counsel Mara Georges says she hopes it will include a one-gun-per-person limit and a ban on gun shops within the city limits.

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Now that the word's out about how TIFs suck money away from the schools, parents are rallying to raid the kitty.

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The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they're really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward

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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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