- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 28, 2013
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Rahm's new TIF program looks a lot like the old TIF program
Mayor Emanuel ignores his own reform panel in pledging $55 million for an arena and hotel.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 14, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel's FOIA policy: Don't ask because we won't tell
As a Chicago parent discovered, city officials can't hand over records if they've already destroyed them.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Feb 19, 2013
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The City Council's rules committee: Where good legislation goes to die
Mayor Emanuel doesn't have to fight City Council proposals he doesn't like—he just buries them.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 31, 2012
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The case of the nebulous NATO grant funds
And again: Chicago still hasn't received any federal money for NATO summit
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 11, 2012
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19 million promises, but still no money
The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 14, 2012
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Painting the picture of an efficient operation
The race to bring Cook County court records into the modern world
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2012
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Anita Alvarez sounds off
The Cook County state's attorney defends her record and blasts the "obsession" of journalists
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2012
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Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8
The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 2, 2011
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 2
Part two of transparency in the Emanuel administration: The labyrinthine and fruitless act of submitting FOIA requests.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 1, 2011
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 1
Part one of the gradually disappearing transparency in the Emanuel administration.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel is transparent about plans to keep his meeting schedule secret
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 27, 2011
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The mayor's millionaire club
Who has access to Rahm Emanuel’s inner sanctum
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 2, 2011
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Open government in Chicago? Rahm's tech and data chiefs swear it's coming
A Q&A with city of Chicago technology chief John Tolva and data officer Brett Goldstein.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 16, 2010
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Nobody Likes Lobbyists, but They've Been Around As Long As the Government Has
Historian Kathy Jacob discusses her new book about 19th-century lobbyist Sam Ward and what it says about the much-maligned contemporary practice of lobbying.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2010
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The Audacity of Archived Video Clips
City Clerk Miguel del Valle announces that archived video of City Council meetings is now available online. It's a small step for mankind but a big one for good government in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 12, 2010
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Another brick in the wall, part one
It's great that Chicago aldermen decided to bring accountability to the use of a $1.3 million kitty they control. For a follow up, how about doing the same with the rest of the $6.1 billion city budget?
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 10, 2009
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Olympic Compromise
The City Council authorizes the mayor to spend as much money as he wants as long as he tells them about it afterward.
- 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 9, 2009
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There's no "NAY" in "TEAM"
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 1, 2009
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The Substitute for the Substitute
Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores's oversight compromise.
