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- Blogs, The Blog, Jan 8, 2010
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Mayor Daley Shoots His Own Messenger
Mayor Daley demotes Paul Volpe, best known for helping to carry out the parking meter lease deal. But don't be fooled—the person responsible for that fiasco still has a job at City Hall. It's Daley himself.
- Blogs, The Blog, Dec 2, 2009
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Aldermen duel over TIFs, parking meters, spending, and the brainwashing powers of the media
As the mayor's $6.1 billion budget passed the City Council, alderman Tom Allen blasted the administration for misusing taxpayer money, and alderman Berny Stone accused Allen of being "brainwashed by the media."
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 21, 2009
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Fact-Checking Mayor Daley's Budget Address
On October 21 Mayor Daley proposed a $6.1 billion city budget for 2010 that he said would be balanced without raising taxes or cutting core services. But not all of his claims passed the sniff test.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 7, 2009
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Yet another attempt to prevent a parking meter redux
A group of aldermen float a new proposal requiring that privatization deals receive more scrutiny before they're voted on. Others wonder why the City Council needs a new law to help it do its job.
- Blogs, The Blog, Sep 14, 2009
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Parking meter lawsuit stayin' alive
A lawsuit against the city and state over the parking meter lease agreement is moving forward, which puts the office of Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan in an interesting spot, since it's still conducting its own investigation of the deal.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's "Stewardship Report"
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there's the question of why they're paying.
- Blogs, The Blog, Sep 8, 2009
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Nation: when it comes to the privatization of parking, do as we say, not as we do
- Blogs, The Blog, Aug 25, 2009
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Mayor Daley is sorry that we don't like the parking meter deal
- Blogs, The Blog, Aug 21, 2009
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Much has been revealed—about the parking meter deal
Previously redacted documents from meetings about the deal have been delivered in all their glory.
- Blogs, The Blog, Aug 19, 2009
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IVI-IPO Sues the City Over the Parking Meter Deal
And credits the Reader for leading the way in looking into the deal.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jul 2, 2009
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Better late than never
Aldermen hold another hearing on the parking meter lease deal. Their conclusion: it still stinks.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 29, 2009
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The Olympic games have already begun
Behind the talk of Olympics funding is a struggle to determine if Mayor Daley gets just what he wants.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 29, 2009
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Give me liberty or give me--another hearing on the parking meters
A hearing has been scheduled for this Thursday on the origins of the parking meter lease deal. Is it possible the City Council is moving from rubber stamp to revolution?
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 24, 2009
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Fingers on the pulse
Alderman Richard Mell sends out an e-mail asking constituents if they think the city should abandon its bid for the 2016 Olympics.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 23, 2009
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Wait, we sold that off too?
As a new report highlights, the city relinquished control of traffic management policy when it leased the parking meters.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 10, 2009
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Leading by example
Mayor Daley boasts that Chicago's privatization deals are examples for governments around the country. Recent reports suggest that's not quite true.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 4, 2009
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Off to see the wizard
Aldermen introduce another proposal to slow down approval of privatization agreements--and to cover their rears for agreeing to the parking meter deal. But not everyone's buying this one.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 3, 2009
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For Mayor Daley, it's not that complicated
Mayor Daley holds a press conference to insist that the parking meter lease deal is "responsible"--and so is he.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 2, 2009
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IG: Taxpayers hosed on the parking meter lease deal
A report by city inspector general David Hoffman concludes that taxpayers lost out on at least $1 billion when the city leased its parking meters.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 2, 2009
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City inspector general to weigh in on parking meter deal
The office of the city's inspector general, David Hoffman, has been looking into the parking meter deal. A press conference at 2 will reveal its findings.
