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    <author><![CDATA[Robin]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a public financing tool for  economic development purposes. Illinois Facilities Fund (IFF) is a private nonprofit corporation that provides below-market rate financing only to other nonprofits for their facility and equipment projects.
        
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      <![CDATA[Ben et al. -- what's the difference between and TIF and IFF -- Illinois Facilities Fund?
        
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      <![CDATA[Keep guessing, Jim. I don't know the McDonoughs. Socrates Rand was the founder of Des Plaines.
        
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      <![CDATA[Stein writes: "The open letter was signed by: News Corp president Peter Chernin (Jewish), Paramount Pictures chairman Brad Grey (Jewish), Walt Disney chief executive Robert Iger (Jewish), Sony Pictures chairman Michael Lynton (surprise &acirc;&#128;&#147; Dutch Jew), Warner Bros chairman Barry Meyer (Jewish), CBS Corp chief executive Leslie Moonves (so Jewish his great uncle was the first prime minister of Israel), MGM chairman Harry Sloan (Jewish) and NBC Universal chief executive Jeff Zucker (mega-Jewish)."
        
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      <![CDATA[I am glad that Patrick McDonough is citing Socrates and he is so involved in Des Plaines.
    Imagine if Patrick McDonough's wife got elected Mayor of DesPlaines--he would be a king of gambling.
        
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      <![CDATA[Ben,
    As long as you're looking at TIFs, why not examine Des Plaines TIF #1? The city government is now seeking to use TIF money from that to construct a new police station, and in the process displacing two local cultural icons - the Des Plaines Masonic Temple Building and Choo Choo Restaurant. TIFs aren't meant to be used for government facilities, they're not meant to take property off the tax rolls, not meant to destroy historic and cultural resources. They are meant to improve properties. A drive through Downtown Des Plaines shows there's still plenty of room for improvement.
        
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      <![CDATA[No, suzy, what the board said was that Bluhm's bribe was the winning one.
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh, Ben, I can&acirc;&#128;&#153;t figure out the probabilities of a black jack hand right now. My brain has been charred by the nutso calculus that produced this DesPlaines deal. Didn&acirc;&#128;&#153;t the board essentially say that because Waukegan and Rosemont are already too mobbed up, they are going to go with DesPlaines? Oy.
        
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      <![CDATA[Daley's house of cards,is almost ready to fall.
        
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      <![CDATA[As of yesterday Fitzgerald is working his way up the food chain.The thug working the streets for our beloved Mayor,are being exposed.http://207.41.16.133/rfcViewFile/08cr1061.pdf
        
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