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The mayor has decided to use $20 million from the proceeds of his controversial parking meter sale to create a new "Tech Corps" which will employ out-of-work technology professionals in Chicago. It is part of a larger plan to bolster tech training in Chicago Public Schools, attract and retain tech companies, and keep skilled professionals in the area despite a bad economy. But Daley is using future revenues to bet that he can pick winning industries, which is troubling.
Mayor Daley places big bet on high tech
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Makes it sound like a make work undertaking, Kelli Kobor. How shall we decide such hiring? Shouldn't we devote more moeny to job training or startup business incubation?
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