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News & Politics, Politics Jun 1, 2019
Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures

What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Lori Lightfoot, Mayor Lightfoot, City Council, Chicago City Council, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, Fran Spielman, John Kass, Scott Waguespack, Ed Burke, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Emma Mitts, Anthony Napolitano, Nicholas Sposato, Tom Tunney, Stephanie Coleman, Anna Valencia, George Blakemore, Michelle Harris, Brendan Reilly, Gilbert Villegas, Walter Burnett Jr., Matthew O’Shea, George Cardenas, Ray Lopez, Pat Dowell, Carrie Austin, Roderick Sawyer, Proco Joe Moreno, Howard Brookins Jr., Michael Scott Jr., James Cappleman, Danny Solis, Susan Sadlowski Garza, Patrick O’Connor, Chris Taliaferro, Ariel Reboyras, Joe Moore, Harry Osterman, Michele Smith, Daniel La Spata, Anthony Beale, Cleopatra Watson, Amy Abramson, Lincoln Yards

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2018
Low-income tenants say luxury developer is treating them like ‘bald-headed stepchildren’

Plans for redeveloping Atrium Village now call for segregating affordable housing into a separate, aging building
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Housing, Atrium Village, Onni Group, Gold Coast, Cabrini-Green, Near North Side, gentrification, mixed-income housing, public housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Affordable Requirements Ordinance, ARO, gentrification, Department of Planning and Development, Toni Pullen, Atrium Village Tenant Association, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Walter Burnett Jr., 27th Ward

Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2016
City Council approves Rahm's plan for a new police oversight agency, and other Chicago news

Also, a new poll shows Tammy Duckworth leading Senator Mark Kirk by 14 percent.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago City Council, Independent Police Review Authority, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Rahm Emanuel, Walter Burnett Jr., Sharon Fairley, Election 2016, Tammy Duckworth, Mark Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Leslie Munger, Susana Mendoza, Brendan Reilly, Trump Tower, University of Chicago, blues, jazz, Jazz Record Mart, Delmark Records, Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2016
With a strike date of October 11 pending, CTU remains in talks with the Emanuel administration, and other Chicago news

Also, Hillary Clinton raises a cool $4 million with two Chicago fund-raisers ranging from $50,000 to $2,700 per plate.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel, Walter Burnett Jr., Chicago Public Schools, George Cardenas, tax increment financing, Chicago Area Runners Association, Chicago Police Department, Hillary Clinton, Election 2016, Rishi Shah, Theo Epstein, Chicago Cubs, World Series

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2016
The Laquan McDonald video effect? Shootings increase, arrests decline, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm vs. the rats.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, Sophia King, Rahm Emanuel, Will Burns, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Eddie Johnson, Walter Burnett Jr., City Council, rats, Hamilton, musicals, Chicago theater, Broadway

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2014
Mayor Emanuel and aldermen vow to implement pot law they already vowed to implement

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in a hurry to slow arrests for marijuana possession.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: The Reefer, Politics, News, aldermen, arrests, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, Danny Solis, decriminalization, Garry McCarthy, grass gap, marijuana, possession, pot, racial gap, Rahm Emanuel, tickets, Walter Burnett Jr.

News & Politics, Feature Apr 7, 2014
Chicago decriminalized marijuana possession—but not for everyone

African-Americans account for almost eight of every ten low-level pot busts.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 1st Ward, 27th Ward, Adam Collins, administrative notices of violation, ANOVs, arrests, Ben Joravsky, cannabis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Reader, City Council, Cook County Jail, CPD, crime, drug dealers, drug dealing, East Garfield Park, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Fuller Park, gang members, Gary McCarthy, Humboldt Park, Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, marijuana, marijuana decriminalization, marijuana possession, Mick Dumke, neighborhoods, North Lawndale, Proco Joe Moreno, prosecutions, race, Rahm Emanuel, Roosevelt University, south side, stop-and-frisk, Toni Preckwinkle, violence, Walter Burnett Jr., war on drugs, Washington Heights, West Garfield Park, west side, Willie Cochran

News & Politics, Feature Oct 30, 2013
Death of a cyclist

Bobby Cann was a 26-year-old bike commuter who preached safe cycling. Ryne San Hamel was a 28-year-old motorist who'd just left a crowded bar. Their collision raises questions about whether we're too lenient toward those who drink and drive.
- By Keith Griffith
- Tags: Feature, Bobby Cann, Lincoln Park, REI, cycling, Groupon, Ryne San Hamel, Cubs, White Sox, drinking, Allyoucandrink.com, Ron Neville, Frank San Hamel, Chicago Daily News, William San Hamel, Thomas Tully, Cook County assessor, Ted Kennedy, Center for Robotic Technology, Chicago Sun-Times, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Michael Sneed, Cheryl Lavin, Chicago Tribune, Bonny San Hamel, Henniker, New Hampshire, Philip Bird, cars, University of New Hampshire, bike helmets, DUI, drunk driving, Loyola Academy, underage drinking, DUI arrests, DUI convictions, Cathy Stanley, Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists, suburbs, Donald Ramsell, Lake County, Moe's Cantina, Wrigleyville, bars, Debonair Entertainment, Amp Rock Lounge, Vertigo Sky Lounge, Cuvee, River North, Jake Muellner, Clybourn Avenue, Larrabee Street, Yojimbo's Garage, Marcus Moore, Julie Dziak, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, IDOT, Illinois Department of Transportation, bicycle-injury crashes, car crashes, Ron Burke, reckless driving, speeding, Active Transportation Alliance, Wells Street, bikes, bicycles, Neill Townsend, dooring, Steve Vance, Steven Vance, Streetsblog, Streets for Cycling Plan 2020, crosstown bike routes, protected bike lanes, bike lanes, state routes, Maria Augustus, New Zalka, security cameras, Catherine Bullard, ghost bikes, reckless homicide, aggravated DUI, William Hook, Honary Bobby Cann Way, Walter Burnett Jr., Maria Cann, John Santini Jr., felonies, misdemeanors

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 13, 2013
The madness behind Mayor Emanuel's methods

In pressing for school closings and a new meter deal, Rahm doesn't let facts get in the way.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, neighborhoods, parking, school utilization, WBEZ, Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea, facts, parking meters, lawsuits, constitutionality, true-up payments, school closings, Walter Burnett Jr., schools, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Parking Meters, privatization, Clint Krislov, CPM, Mick Dumke, Board of Education, City Council, Near South Side, DePaul University, hotels, sports arenas, basketball, broken promises, taxes, police hiring, TIF reform, TIFs, tax increment financing, subsidies

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2013
City Council approves Rahm's new parking meter deal

Chicago's parking meter money will continue to flow to private investors.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, News, aldermen, Ameya Pawar, Brendan Reilly, Chicago City Council, Chicago Parking Meters, City Council, Debra Silverstein, Harry Osterman, Joe Moore, John Arena, Leslie Hairston, mayor, Michele Smith, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, Rey Colon, Richard M. Daley, Scott Waguespack, Tom Tunney, Walter Burnett Jr.

News & Politics, Feature Mar 20, 2013
Can a restaurant transform a neighborhood?

West Humboldt’s new war on drugs: Open a business
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, restaurants, West Humboldt Park, community investment, businesses, Chet Jackson, TIFs, drugs, drug dealing, tax increment financing, Salvation Army, West Humboldt Park Community Development Council, Chicago Avenue, Jimmy Simmons, Walter Burnett Jr., community development, community policing, neighborhoods, Quentin Love, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Goldie Fleming, Turkey Chop

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 5, 2013
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Waiting for the day of judgment from Mayor Emanuel

The threat to close a quarter of Chicago's public grammar schools has the city in a tizzy.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Tara Stamps, vacant schools, Armitage Baptist Church, Logan Square, Manierre School, Brentano School, Jenner School, school utilizaton, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Raise Your Hand, charter schools, Chicago Tribune, Jean-Claude Brizard, school closings, UNO, United Neighborhood Organization, demographic change, Dorie Bell, neighborhood schools, gangs, Walter Burnett Jr., Cabrini-Green, CHA, Chicago Housing Authority

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2013
School closings: The latest blow to neighborhoods already reeling from disinvestment

What's the cost of pulling the plug on public services in neighborhoods desperately in need of them?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Education, Neighborhoods, News, school closings, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago, foreclosures, crime, vacant buildings, Auburn-Gresham, Englewood, Near West Side, West Humboldt Park, Humboldt Park, Garfield Park, west side, Walter Burnett Jr., Ryerson school

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2013
City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it

A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, News, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, west side, west Humboldt Park, murder, homicide, shootings, budget, policing, Chicago city budget, Roger Bay, Walter Burnett Jr.

News & Politics, Politics Dec 26, 2012
The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"

Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, aldermen, Anita Alvarez, Barack Obama, cannabis, Carrie Austin, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, City Council, CPS, CTU, Derrick Smith, Garry McCarthy, Jean-Claude Brizard, Jesse Jackson Jr., Joe Moore, Joe Walsh, John, Juan Rangel, Karen Lewis, marijuana, Michael Madigan, Mitt Romney, Pat Robertson, Patrick O'Connor, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Mell, Richard Mourdock, Robert Fioretti, Ron PaulToni Preckwinkle, Snoop Dogg, Todd Akin, Tom Swiss, Walter Burnett Jr., Willie Nelson

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2012
City Council gets in the spirit of giving, approves Rahm's billboard deal

The Chicago City Council votes 43-6 in favor of a deal to turn public space over to a private billboard company
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago, billboards, Richard Mell, Walter Burnett Jr., Scott Waguespack, Ameya Pawar, Robert Fioretti, Pat Dowell, Nicholas Sposato, Latasha Thomas, Reyes Kurson, Chicago City Council, Interstate JCDecaux, Carrie Austin

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 31, 2012
In budget debate, the public weighs in while the mayor skips out

After Rahm nixes public budget hearings, aldermen organize their own
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Wells Community Academy High School, city budget, Rahm Emanuel, Kennedy-King College, city budget hearings, budget hearings, Robert Fioretti, Scott Waguespack, John Arena, Nick Sposato, Rick Munoz, Toni Foulkes, Walter Burnett Jr., independent aldermen

News & Politics, Feature Jul 3, 2012
How Chicago said yes to pot

The politics behind our new marijuana law
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Feature, Anthony Beale, cannabis, Danny Solis, drug bust, drug war, Ed Burke, Garry McCarthy, grass gap, James Balcer, John Fritchey, Kathleen Kane-Willis, marijauna decriminalization, marijuana, Nicholas Sposato, pot politics, Rahm Emanuel, The Reefer, the Reefer Reader, Toni Preckwinkle, violent crime, Walter Burnett Jr., Willie Cochran

Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2012
Aldermen say yes to pot law changes

Rahm Emanuel's decriminalization proposal moves forward
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Politics, News, Anthony Beale, arrests, Brendan Reilly, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, Danny Solis, decriminalization, Ed Burke, Garry McCarthy, James Balcer, marijuana, Nicholas Sposato, possession, pot, Rahm Emanuel, tickets, Walter Burnett Jr.

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Bedbugs Week

In this week's "Variations on a Theme": Bedbugs
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Paranormal, Science, Bedbugs Week, Variations on a Theme, bedbugs week, Julia Thiel, alderman week, Mick Dumke, Walter Burnett Jr.

Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2012
My mixed luck with aldermen

Chicago aldermen have ranged from the corrupt and the racist to the gallant mavericks
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, aldermen, Mike Royko, Midway Airport, Frank Kuta, bribery, corruption, extortion, fixes, zoning, tax evasion, federal convictions, Joseph Potempa, Ridge Country Club, Donald Swinarski, Chicago Tribune, Bureau of Prisons, Fred Hubbard, Matthew Danaher, Casimir Staszcuk, Joseph Jambrone, Thomas Keane, Edward Scholl, Paul Wigoda, Richard J. Daley, Walter Burnett Jr., Mick Dumke, Catholic priest, city council, Francis X. Lawlor, Saint Rita, Rogers Park, David Orr, Mundelein College, independent aldermen, 1979 blizzard, Heartland Cafe, Harold Washington, acting mayor, Ed Vrdolyak, Cook County clerk, Dick Simpson, Leon Despres, William Cousins, Sammy Rayner, Bill Singer, Seymour Simon, Anna Langford, Martin Oberman

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2012
Alderman Ed Burke acknowledges the existence of a mere mortal

The finance committee chairman marches into City Council
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Burt Natarus, Burton Natarus, Ed Burke, Jesse White, Walter Burnett Jr., finance committee, Chicago City Council, George Dunne, Rahm Emanuel, protest

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Alderman Week

This week's "Variations on a Theme": Alderman Week
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, aldermen, Mick Dumke, Walter Burnett Jr., Pure Fiction, Craig Champlin, The Ernie Bedlam Stories

Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2012
In this week's Reader: The making of an alderman

What's in the January 19, 2012 issue of the Reader
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Walter Burnett Jr., Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, You Are Here, Loretta Bartolini, mathematics, Malort, Eric Leonardson, Show Us Your, springboard, zoom in, River West, Richard's Bar, hard-boiled eggs, Savage Love

News & Politics, Feature Jan 19, 2012
The making of an alderman

Anyone who really wants to understand how Chicago works needs to understand Walter Burnett Jr.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, City Council, Walter Burnett Jr., Nicholas Sposato, patronage, TIFs, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Daley, Cabrini-Green, 27th Ward, George Dunne, patronage employee, Democratic Machine, 42nd Ward, Jesse White

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