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Editorial: 24 aldermen rushed to praise new meter deal
Aldermen, have your heads stopped spinning over all the details in that McCormick Place/Navy Pier megadeal announced Thursday? If so, we have some questions for you. No, not about that megadeal. About the last megadeal. The one on revising the parking...
Tags: Michael D. Chandler, JoAnn Thompson, Richard F. Mell, Jason C. Ervin, Marty Quinn
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Bulls provide sneak preview of new practice facility
The Chicago Bulls on Wednesday unveiled renderings of the new practice center they hope to open by the 2014-15 season on a parking lot adjacent to the United Center. Accompanying Bulls Chief Operating Officer Michael Reinsdorf before the city's Plan...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Architecture, Rahm Emanuel, Arts and Culture
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Some aldermen want hearings on fixing or dumping Taste of Chicago
Clout StreetA group of aldermen today called for hearings on whether Taste of Chicago should be restructured or even eliminated in the face of years of financial losses. Ald. Robert Fioretti, a sponsor of the non-binding resolution, suggested Taste may have run...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Taste of Chicago, Patrick J. O'Connor, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Fioretti
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Ex-gang member 'Gator' Bradley asks aldermen for gun permit
Clout StreetPardoned former gang member Wallace “Gator” Bradley told aldermen today he wants the right to own a handgun, even though he once had felony convictions on his record. Bradley, who in recent decades has set up shop as a self-professed “...Tags: Firearms, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Gang Activity, James Balcer
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Indicted former lawmaker on way to winning state House race
Tribune reporterIndicted former state Rep. Derrick Smith was on his way Tuesday to writing a new chapter in Illinois political notoriety by regaining his House seat just months after being impeached and expelled over his arrest on federal bribery charges. Smith declared...Tags: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Elections, Todd H. Stroger
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Aldermen react to teachers strike
WGN NEWSChicago aldermen are sharing their opinions on Wednesday on the teachers' strike. The council members are doing their best to avoid taking sides, but are hoping the two parties are putting the interest of the kids first. “I think that if everybody...Tags: Richard F. Mell, Chicago Teachers Strike
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Generous rules govern aldermen's pensions
Tribune reportersWhen Chicago aldermen floated a proposal in 1987 to boost their city pensions dramatically, Mayor Harold Washington's administration dismissed it as an arrogant ploy that lacked even a cursory cost analysis. Three years later, the proposal still didn't...Tags: Bernard L. Stone, Chicago Mayor, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Elections
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Primary over, Democrats move to oust lawmaker charged with bribery
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn and other leading Democrats called today for the resignation of a state lawmaker from Chicago who won a House primary one week after being arrested on federal bribery charges. The growing pressure on state Rep. Derrick Smith contrasts with...Tags: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Michael Madigan, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests
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Taste of Chicago premium seating plan advances in City Council
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to charge Taste of Chicago attendees for premium seating to see musical acts in Grant Park and for the chance to eat special meals prepared by prominent Chicago chefs cleared a City Council committee today. Department of...Tags: Grant Park, Stephanie Izard, Music, Chicago Mayor, Taste of Chicago
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African-American aldermen propose new Chicago ward map
Clout StreetA unified group of African-American aldermen made their opening offer Monday in Chicago’s redistricting debate: one less majority black ward and two more majority Latino wards. The deal was politically easy for the City Council’s Black Caucus...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Chicago Elections, Social Issues, Daniel Solis, Richard F. Mell
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Aldermen weigh decriminalizing small amounts of pot
Tribune reporterChicago aldermen will introduce an ordinance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, which supporters said will free up police to chase more serious criminals and raise revenue for the city. Under a proposal Ald. Daniel Solis, 25th, will introduce...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Police Arrests, Social Issues, Rahm Emanuel
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The politics of garbage
Change of SubjectCourtesy of WTTW-Ch. 11, here is a lightly-edited rush transcript of the segment on Chicago's antiquated garbage-pickup system seen yesterday on " Chicago Tonight" provided by WTTW-Ch. 11. See if you react as strongly as I did to 27th Ward......
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