- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 28, 2012
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To be or not to be an infrastructure trust rubber stamp
The board of the city's new infrastructure trust fund discusses its oversight role
- 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, Dec 13, 2011
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The parking meter deal: still more hosing to come
The street parking sell off continues to eat at Chicagoans' wallets.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 7, 2011
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Rahm Emanuel's shifting views of the parking meter deal
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2010
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Meter Deal Opponent Takes Her Own Show on the Road
Chicago alderman Leslie Hairston, an opponent of the parking meter lease deal, has some advice for Pittsburgh officials considering a lease of their own parking system.
- 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 23, 2010
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A Privatization Scheme That Might Make Sense—Might
Mayor Daley is reportedly thinking about privatizing McCormick Place. The devil will clearly be in the details.
- Blogs, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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 & Features, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, Aug 25, 2009
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Mayor Daley is sorry that we don't like the parking meter deal
- Blogs, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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, Bleader, 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?
