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Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2015
The truth and fiction in Mayor Rahm's budget speech

Mayor Rahm fleeces the flock.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Daley, City Council, Alderman Ed Burke, Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Ted Cox, Sam Holloway, property tax hike, tax increment financing, Pastor John Hannah, New Life Covenant Church, Ronald Reagan, Governor Rauner, Scott Walker, Wisconsin

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2015
It's time Mayor Rahm treated teachers like they were police officers or firefighters

Mayor Emanuel—like Governor Rauner and Scott Walker—have different attitudes when it comes to dealing with unions of teachers as opposed to police and firefighters.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Emanuel, Governor Rauner, Scott Walker, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, firefighters, Sam Holloway, 2016 Olympics, Mayor Daley, police union

News & Politics, On Politics Dec 28, 2012
NYSE sale to ICE different from CBT to CME

In the battle of the acronyms, New York fared better than Chicago
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, TIFs, Eric Holder, job creation, public funding, Rahm Emanuel, mergers, Intercontinental Exchange, New York City, Chicago, New York Stock Exchange, ICE, Chicago Board of Trade, CBT, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Richard M. Daley, New York Times, Sam Holloway, firefighters, pensions, taxes

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2012
Mayor Rahm: talking trash to Chicago firefighters

A Chicago firefighter speaks truth to power, when Mayor Rahm makes one of his infamous firehouse visits to tell the rank and file he's cutting their pensions
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, pensions, Chicago firefighters, Sam Holloway, River Point, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

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