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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 8, 2010
The Story I Read Today That Explained the Most About Things

The TIF hustle, explained (again).
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, TIF, tax-increment financing, Mayor Daley, Chicago budget crisis, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

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Blogs, Bleader, May 25, 2010
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.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Mayor Daley, TIFs, tax-increment financing, property taxes, Cook County assessor

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Blogs, Bleader, May 20, 2010
Giant Pools of TIF Money

Where TIF money goes, why it creates economic inequality, and what it looks like on the street level
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, TIF, tax-increment financing, economic inequality

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 19, 2010
TIF Watch: Arizona Edition

TIFs for Chicago businesses: not just limited to Chicago anymore
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Sports, Clout City, Chicago Cubs, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Mesa, Phoenix

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
Ben Joravsky & Mick Dumke Take You Inside the News Before It Happens

Privatization? Parking Meters? Property taxes? There's an archive for that.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Chicago parking meters, privatization, John Schmidt, tollways, property taxes, TIFs, tax-increment financing

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News & Features, Politics, Dec 17, 2009
It Doesn't Take Much to Be a Maverick

Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Tom Allen, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Mayor Daley, 2010 Chicago budget, Miguel del Valle, 38th Ward, Berny Stone, Patrick O'Connor, Ron Ernst, Hugh Devlin, Valerie Leonard, ABC's of TIFs, property taxes, city taxes, Thomas Cullerton, Jim Houlihan, slush fund, Anita Alvarez, Skyway, Chicago parking meters, Midway Airport, Chicago Children's Museum, Helen Shiller, Vi Daley, Tom Tunney, Mary Ann Smith, Eugene Schulter

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2009
TIFs on the Streets
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Bob Fioretti, affordable housing

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 23, 2009
More TIF Traction
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Brendan Reilly, 42nd Ward, TIFs, TIF, tax-increment financing

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News & Features, Politics, Nov 19, 2009
Transparency in Action

How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor's shadow budget
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Daley, TIFs, TIF, tax-increment financing, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton, Madden/Wells, Roosevelt/Racine, Stony Island/Burnside, Englewood Mall, Kevin Joyce, Don Harmon, Marlow Colvin, Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Harry Osterman, John Fritchey, Mike Quigley, Chicago Housing Authority, Finkl Steel, Englewood Mall, United Airlines, David Orr, Cook County Treasurer Bobby Rush, Angela Caputo, Progress Illinois

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2009
TIFs on the Airwaves
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, TIFs, tax-increment financing, WGN, Nick Digilio

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2009
How Much Does the Mayor Pay into TIFs?
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Mayor Daley, TIFs, tax-increment financing

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News & Features, Politics, Nov 5, 2009
A Round of Really!?! With Mayor Daley

We have some follow-up questions to the questions other outlets have been asking him about our stories.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ, parking meters, Chicago Parking Meters, rainy-day funds, Chicago budget, Chicago budget crisis, Skyway, property taxes, William Blair & Company, Goldman Sachs, Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council, Los Angeles City Council, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, MillerCoors, Willis Group

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News & Features, Politics, Nov 5, 2009
October Surprise

Mayor Daley says he’s not raising property taxes. But he is. Here’s how.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, property taxes, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, City Council, Mayor Daley, Richard Daley, David Orr, Mike Quigley, The Shadow Budget, A Tale of Two Cities, Jeremy Thompson, Jason Liechty, Helen Schiller, Walter Burnett, Patrick O'Connor, Forest Claypool, Larry Suffredin, John Daley, Tony Periaca, Cook County assessor, property tax assessment, Michael Madigan, John Hancock Building

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2009
Dear Mayor Daley: Thank You For Making Our Point About TIFs

The mayor inadvertently reveals one of the biggest problems with TIF districts.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Mayor Daley, Chicago budget crisis, TIFs, TIF, tax-increment financing

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 30, 2009
Everyone's Talking TIFs

The tax-increment finance issue gains traction around town.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Tom Allen, Walter Burnett, Chicago budget crisis, RedEye

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 29, 2009
Clout on the Calumet River

Marina owner Mike Olsen has reason to fear the city will force him out of business to the benefit of his competition.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Calumet River, Hired Truck Program, Mayor Daley, Mike Olsen, TIF, tax-increment financing, Freedom of Information Act, Calumet River TIF, Olsen's M&M Windjammer, Sunset Bay Marina LLC, John Jane, William Pacella, George Bonomo, Shadow Mirkhaef, Pacella Trucking Express, Crown Casino Corp, Fred Barbara, Bruno Roti Sr., Fred Roti, National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Todd Stroger, Eighth Ward, Alexi Giannoulias, John Pope, Tenth Ward, Ed Burke, PGAV Urban Consulting, Cal River TIF, Southeast Environmental Task Force

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The TIF hustle, explained (again).

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The Mayor says property taxes won't go up. And who knows? Maybe he's right this time.

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Where TIF money goes, why it creates economic inequality, and what it looks like on the street level

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Alderman Mell invites a certain Reader columnist to come out and talk TIFs.

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A controversial STAR bond proposal is back.

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The city ponies up $11 million to bring artists to Logan Square/Avondale.

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Ten to watch, even as they demur

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TIFs for Chicago businesses: not just limited to Chicago anymore

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Privatization? Parking Meters? Property taxes? There's an archive for that.

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Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.

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How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor's shadow budget

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We have some follow-up questions to the questions other outlets have been asking him about our stories.

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Mayor Daley says he’s not raising property taxes. But he is. Here’s how.

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The mayor inadvertently reveals one of the biggest problems with TIF districts.

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The tax-increment finance issue gains traction around town.

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Marina owner Mike Olsen has reason to fear the city will force him out of business to the benefit of his competition.