- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 13, 2012
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Joe Berrios for Mayor!
Cook County assessor Joe Berrios sends out property tax assessments, which require a fun-filled explanation.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 12, 2011
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A bit of the old, a bit of the new in Mayor Emanuel's first budget
- Blogs, Bleader, May 25, 2010
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I Think I've Heard That One Before
The Mayor says property taxes won't go up. And who knows? Maybe he's right this time.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2010
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Clusterbudget: Unhappy Hour
The state legislature ends the week without a state budget.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 9, 2010
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Great Reformers Think Alike
The guilty plea and prison sentence of his ally Isaac Carothers has awakened the reformer within Mayor Daley.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
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Ben Joravsky & Mick Dumke Take You Inside the News Before It Happens
Privatization? Parking Meters? Property taxes? There's an archive for that.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 21, 2010
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More On the Madigan Rules
The Trib goes after Michael Madigan and his firm, powerful property tax law heavyweights Madigan & Getzendanner.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 27, 2009
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Goodbye to the 7 Percent Property-Tax Solution
Confused by the phaseout of the 7% property tax cap? Here's the deal, from the annals of Ben Joravsky's property tax reporting.
- 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 16, 2009
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TIFs: The budget surplus that dares not speak its acronym
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 15, 2009
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Mayors say the darndest things...
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 1, 2009
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Alderman Maldonado follows through
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 12, 2009
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Budgetary Roundup
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 12, 2009
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It's That Time of the Week
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 6, 2009
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I do not think that word means what you think it means
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 6, 2009
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More Magic Beans
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 21, 2009
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What's going down
What's going down: Obama talks about the environment, Patrick O'Connor's chances get slim in the Fifth Congressional District, and Republicans are discovered in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2008
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Deals and money in other cities
While Chicago's City Council has been busy rubber-stamping big-money deals, other cities are working through their own problems.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 29, 2008
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Mayor Nice Guy gives us a break
The real reason Mayor Daley's holding back on a property tax hike (hint: it has to do with the Olympics).
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 6, 2008
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Don't do us any favors, Mr. Mayor
Mayor Daley's proposal to extend the deadline for filing property tax assessment appeals means that most people will wind up paying more in taxes.
