- Blogs, Bleader, May 29, 2009
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Hands on the parking meter handoff
A spokesman for Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan says her office has opened an investigation into the "transaction and implementation of the new parking meter system."
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2009
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When Mayor Daley gives you lemons, make lemonade (and sell it)
When public property goes private, public officials follow.
- News & Features, Politics, May 21, 2009
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FAIL, Part Two: One BILLION Dollars!
New evidence suggests Chicago leased out its parking meters for a fraction of what they’re worth.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 19, 2009
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Making like Daley
Los Angeles plays like Chicago and considers selling its meters.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 18, 2009
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Aldermen order city lawyers to explore canceling the parking meter deal
Aldermen now say they want to terminate the parking meter lease contract--as soon as they can get a look at it. We've posted it here for their (and your) convenience.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 18, 2009
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Parking Meters -- The Easy Version
Here's how badly we got screwed on Mayor Daley's harebrained parking meter deal.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2009
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The parking meter lease is looking worse and worse
New evidence suggests the taxpayers were hosed out of billions of dollars in the parking meter deal we laid out here last month. And the city still won't tell us how it determined what the deal was worth.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2009
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Aldermen schedule hearings on parking meter privatization
City Council hearings to examine the parking meter lease deal are scheduled for Monday, May 18, at 11 AM.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 5, 2009
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Cubs Fans for Daley
Cub fans and Chicago voters: a bunch of lovable losers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 22, 2009
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Seller's remorse
Aldermen want to require a 30-day waiting period between the time a lease deal is proposed and when it's voted on. But why do they need another law to get them to do their jobs?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 20, 2009
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Aldermen call for hearings on the parking meter deal
Citing reporting by the Reader, five aldermen call for hearings into how the city's parking meter lease deal went down.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 9, 2009
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Still waiting for answers on the parking meter deal
Mayor Daley says the privatization of parking meters is good for the city--why do so many questions remain about how the deal went down?
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2009
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CTA Real Estate: Get It While It's Hot
Let's hope Mayor Daley has nothing to do with the CTA's new real estate sell-off.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 8, 2008
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Parking meter radio
The Reader's Mick Dumke talks parking meters with WGN's Nick Digilio.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 5, 2008
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'A bad deal for Chicago'
Alderman Scott Waguespack sends out an e-mail calling the parking meter lease deal a huge money loser for the city.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2008
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Done deal
The parking meter lease deal's in the books.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2008
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Ahem
One place the city can tighten its belt?
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2008
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Get the meters rolling
The city parking-meter privatization plan passes, 40-5.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2008
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Now it makes sense
Aldermen receive a flow chart to clarify who's about to take control of the city's parking meters. It doesn't exactly help.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 2, 2008
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The latest lease deal
The city could finalize a billion-dollar deal to lease its parking meters just days after viewing the winning bid.
