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Mayor Daley is on Twitter, Probably

Mayor Daley is on Twitter, Probably

An account purporting to be that of da Mayor started last Friday with the launch of the city's new Website. (89 views)... More...
kategardiner      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 4 days ago
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Congressman Gutierrez Pitched for Indicted Boender's Project

Congressman Gutierrez Pitched for Indicted Boender's Project

Was the reported receipt of $200,000 in a personal loan enough to guarantee the support of Congressman Luis Gutierrez for the tainted Galewood Yards construction project? Testimony & evidence in the trial of developer Calvin Boender implicatd the one-time announced Chicago Mayoral candidate. (35 views)... More...
qstrian      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 1 week ago
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Austin Developer's Bribery Trial Implicates Supporters' Kin

Austin Developer's Bribery Trial Implicates Supporters' Kin

Grab a ring side seat Monday as one of the leading Chicago West Side developers goes on trial for bribing a Chicago alderman & hiring his supporters' family. (53 views)... More...
qstrian      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 1 week ago
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Tribune Asks: Should Windy City Lease Water?

Tribune Asks: Should Windy City Lease Water?

As tempting as billions of dollars may be, the Chicago Tribune asks whether Windy Citizen should allow City Hall to lease Chicago's water purification & distribution system. What do you think? (184 views)... More...
abledanger      comments 4 comments      tim Posted 17 weeks ago
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Mayor Daley Defends Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Mayor Daley Defends Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley defends raiding the Skyway-Parking Meter trust fund to bridge a $500 million dollar budget shortfall. Worst recession or dodging budget cuts, Windy Citizens? (189 views)... More...
qstrian      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 18 weeks ago
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It's our money

It's our money

Daley is quietly moving forward with plans to spend hundreds of millions of property tax dollars on projects he refuses to discuss publicly. (31 views)... More...
Hugh      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 18 weeks ago
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Chicago Begins 24 Hour A Day Booting

Chicago Begins 24 Hour A Day Booting

In an desperate effort to bring in more revenue, the city has just begun a much more aggressive 24 hour a day booting policy. (256 views)... More...
The Parking Tic...      comments 2 comments      tim Posted 18 weeks ago
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Alderman Asks, Who Deserves Best Millennium Seats?

Alderman Asks, Who Deserves Best Millennium Seats?

From a fated 5th District Congressional bid to siding against suburbanites, Northwest Side Alderman Eugene Shulter urges reserved Millennium Park seating for Chicago residents. Will civility hit the exits, fellow Windy Citizens? (198 views)... More...
qstrian      comments 6 comments      tim Posted 19 weeks ago
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Proposed New Year's resolution: start saving those quarters under the couch

New Year's Day is less than two months away. What are your plans? Champagne? Noisemakers? How about quarters? In Chicago, you're going to need more. (38 views)... More...
shammara86      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 19 weeks ago
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Aldermen bemoan cutback in library hours

Chicago aldermen today bemoaned a 20 percent cutback in branch library hours at a time when circulation is surging and neighborhood libraries are needed as safe-havens for young people. (153 views)... More...
shammara86      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 19 weeks ago

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