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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it

A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, News, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, west side, west Humboldt Park, murder, homicide, shootings, budget, policing, Chicago city budget, Roger Bay, Walter Burnett Jr.

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News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"

Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Juan Rangel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Jean-Claude Brizard, Karen Lewis, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Pat Robertson, Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Ron PaulToni Preckwinkle, Garry McCarthy, Michael Madigan, Richard Mell, Robert Fioretti, Joe Moore, Patrick O'Connor, City Council, Carrie Austin, Walter Burnett Jr., aldermen, John, marijuana, Joe Walsh, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, Derrick Smith, Jesse Jackson Jr., Tom Swiss, Anita Alvarez

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 12, 2012
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
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago, billboards, Richard Mell, Walter Burnett Jr., Scott Waguespack, Ameya Pawar, Robert Fioretti, Pat Dowell, Nicholas Sposato, Latasha Thomas, Reyes Kurson, Chicago City Council, Interstate JCDecaux, Carrie Austin

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Oct 31, 2012
In budget debate, the public weighs in while the mayor skips out

After Rahm nixes public budget hearings, aldermen organize their own
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Wells Community Academy High School, city budget, Rahm Emanuel, Kennedy-King College, city budget hearings, budget hearings, Robert Fioretti, Scott Waguespack, John Arena, Nick Sposato, Rick Munoz, Toni Foulkes, Walter Burnett Jr., independent aldermen

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News & Features, Feature, Jul 3, 2012
How Chicago said yes to pot

The politics behind our new marijuana law
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Feature, marijuana, Rahm Emanuel, marijauna decriminalization, drug war, pot politics, the Reefer Reader, Toni Preckwinkle, John Fritchey, Danny Solis, Garry McCarthy, violent crime, Ed Burke, Walter Burnett Jr., James Balcer, Nicholas Sposato, Anthony Beale, Kathleen Kane-Willis, Willie Cochran, drug bust, grass gap, The Reefer

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 21, 2012
Aldermen say yes to pot law changes

Rahm Emanuel's decriminalization proposal moves forward
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, marijuana, pot, possession, tickets, arrests, decriminalization, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, Danny Solis, Chicago City Council, Ed Burke, Brendan Reilly, Anthony Beale, Nicholas Sposato, James Balcer, Walter Burnett Jr.

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 30, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Bedbugs Week

In this week's "Variations on a Theme": Bedbugs
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Paranormal, Science, Bedbugs Week, Variations on a Theme, bedbugs week, Julia Thiel, alderman week, Mick Dumke, Walter Burnett Jr.

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 27, 2012
My mixed luck with aldermen

Chicago aldermen have ranged from the corrupt and the racist to the gallant mavericks
- by Steve Bogira
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, aldermen, Mike Royko, Midway Airport, Frank Kuta, bribery, corruption, extortion, fixes, zoning, tax evasion, federal convictions, Joseph Potempa, Ridge Country Club, Donald Swinarski, Chicago Tribune, Bureau of Prisons, Fred Hubbard, Matthew Danaher, Casimir Staszcuk, Joseph Jambrone, Thomas Keane, Edward Scholl, Paul Wigoda, Richard J. Daley, Walter Burnett Jr., Mick Dumke, Catholic priest, city council, Francis X. Lawlor, Saint Rita, Rogers Park, David Orr, Mundelein College, independent aldermen, 1979 blizzard, Heartland Cafe, Harold Washington, acting mayor, Ed Vrdolyak, Cook County clerk, Dick Simpson, Leon Despres, William Cousins, Sammy Rayner, Bill Singer, Seymour Simon, Anna Langford, Martin Oberman

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2012
Alderman Ed Burke acknowledges the existence of a mere mortal

The finance committee chairman marches into City Council
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Burt Natarus, Burton Natarus, Ed Burke, Jesse White, Walter Burnett Jr., finance committee, Chicago City Council, George Dunne, Rahm Emanuel, protest

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Alderman Week

This week's "Variations on a Theme": Alderman Week
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, aldermen, Mick Dumke, Walter Burnett Jr., Pure Fiction, Craig Champlin, The Ernie Bedlam Stories

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2012
In this week's Reader: The making of an alderman

What's in the January 19, 2012 issue of the Reader
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Walter Burnett Jr., Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, You Are Here, Loretta Bartolini, mathematics, Malort, Eric Leonardson, Show Us Your, springboard, zoom in, River West, Richard's Bar, hard-boiled eggs, Savage Love

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News & Features, Feature, Jan 19, 2012
The making of an alderman

Anyone who really wants to understand how Chicago works needs to understand Walter Burnett Jr.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, City Council, Walter Burnett Jr., Nicholas Sposato, patronage, TIFs, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Daley, Cabrini-Green, 27th Ward, George Dunne, patronage employee, Democratic Machine, 42nd Ward, Jesse White

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2011
Marijuana has City Hall buzzing
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, The Reefer, marijuana, pot, possession, decriminalization, legalization, Proco "Joe" Moreno, Rahm Emanuel, Danny Solis, Howard Brookins Jr., Ben Joravsky, Walter Burnett Jr., arrests, 43rd Ward, 28th Ward, Lincoln Park, Garfield Park, Austin

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 16, 2011
Two Chicago pols say it's time to talk about legalizing pot
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, The Reefer, marijuana, legalization, decriminalization, Garry McCarthy, Toni Preckwinkle, La Shawn K. Ford, Walter Burnett Jr., war on drugs

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 21, 2011
Spokeswoman for parking meter company gets approval for Park District board
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Avis LaVelle, parking meter deal, parking meters, privatization, Chicago City Council, Scott Waguespack, Leslie Hairston, Walter Burnett Jr., Chicago Park District, Rahm Emanuel

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