Blog Profile / Clout City
| URL : | http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/politics/ | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / Chicago | |
| Posts on Regator: | 541 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2.6 | |
| Archived Since: | June 16, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
Rahm on FOIA: Don't ask 'cause I won't tell
Finally got around to talking to Emily Miller the other day.
She's the lawyer for the Better Government Association who valiantly fought to make sure that Mayor Emanuel had to publicize the internal documents of his Infrastructure Trust.…
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Reality bites
"This is a chance for the city to strut its stuff on a world stage" is probably something that somebody once said with reference to Chicago?s failed bid to host the 2016 Olympics, but now here, in Crain?s Chicago Business, is a representative of something called Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. Show More Summary
Drug arrests on top of drug arrests
Chicago police officials held another press conference Wednesday afternoon to showcase how they?re getting tough with dealers and gangs since declaring a ?ground war? in March?in this case, ten more guys, ranging in age from 18 to 69,...Show More Summary
Mayor Daley for mayor!
Public school parents, teachers, and students have found an unlikely ally in their fight against Mayor Emanuel's longer school day.
That's the proposal where the mayor makes students spend more time in school, but offers nothing in the way of ideas, money, or resources to do with the extra time.…
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The politics of drug busts
At just before 9 PM last Friday night, the Chicago Police Department sent out an e-mail announcing the “takedown” of a drug market at Ohio and Hamlin in west Humboldt Park. It was an unusual time to announce the successful conclusion...Show More Summary
Everyone wants to legalize reefer—except for people with the power to do it!
In honor of Drugs Week at the Reader, Congressman Barney Frank blasted President Obama for being such a wimp on the whole issue of marijuana.
Well, I think the timing's a bit of a coincidence.…
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Pendejo Mayor buttons: get 'em while you can!
The other day, I get a package in the mail from a man on the southwest side bearing a bunch of buttons making fun of Mayor Rahm.
It cheered me up, coming as it did just a day or two after the City Council's latest rollover?that would be the infrastructure fund vote.…
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Parking Meter II
Mayor Emanuel may be one of the smartest politicians in Chicago, but it looks like he's a little too smart for his own good with his infrastructure trust fund. As far as I can tell, the purpose of the fund was to 1) win favorable publicity...Show More Summary
Trust vote: back to normal for the City Council
It seems like only yesterday that I was rejoicing over the newfound boldness of our Chicago City Council in regards to the mayor's wacky infrastructure trust scheme.
That was last week when I was rejoicing over the fact that seven out...Show More Summary
The Cultural Center as poster child for the Infrastructure Trust: where's the beef?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel talked up his Infrastructure Trust proposal during a Marketplace Morning Report radio interview that aired on WBEZ three weeks ago today. When asked how the Trust would differ from Mayor Daley's infamous parking meter...Show More Summary
Artists rally to save their street festivals
Last November, the City Council passed a little-noticed ordinance that put a stop to alderman-sponsored fee waivers for Chicago's numerous neighborhood street fairs (as many as 200 annually). Now that the fair season is nearly upon us, the arts community has taken notice and an organized push-back is underway.…
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Mea culpa—I confess!
I've been getting ripped?and justifiably so?for the egregious error I made about the public schools in this morning's Bleader post. That would be the post where I made fun of Mayor Rahm for not knowing anything about the public schools.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Mayor Rahm learns about LSCs
Great story by WBEZ's ace reporter Linda Lutton about Mayor Emanuel and local school councils—as in, did he or did he not vote in the recent LSC elections?
The mayor says he did—or at least he thinks he did—but the people at his neighborhood school say he did not. Or at least, they didn't see him come in to vote.…
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Schizo Chicago: the City Council defers the infrastucture fund
Just got back from Rush Street, where I was celebrating the City Council's bold display of independence by carousing in bars and turning over parked cars.
Not really...…
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Mayor Rahm and the f-bomb: a critical study
It sure seems like Mayor Emanuel?s looking to force the Chicago Teachers Union to go on strike?I really don't know how else to explain his hardball stance with the contract negotiations. At the moment, the mayor's negotiators are sticking...Show More Summary
Joe Berrios for Mayor!
Got my latest property tax assessment in the mail from Cook County assessor Joe Berrios.
Good news!…
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Mayor Rahm's bananas about the longer school day
If you recall, I valiantly tried to save Mayor Emanuel from the mess he got himself into when he unilaterally declared that, from here on out, the public school children of Chicago would have to wear their underwear on the outside of their clothes.
Whoops?wrong decree.…
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19 million promises, but still no money
Many Chicagoans were encouraged to hear recently that the federal government would be handing over more than $19 million to help cover security costs for the NATO summit to be held here in May. Along with another $36 million forked over...Show More Summary
Shh! Cultural Affairs' new director of performing arts
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events wouldn't confirm this when I asked, but word is that New York-based producer and director Shoshona Currier is relocating to Chicago to fill one of the precious jobs that opened up...Show More Summary
Merit pay for the Cubs
Looks like Mayor Emanuel's getting ready to fork over some of your tax dollars to the Cubs to help them rebuild Wrigley Field. Well, I say if the mayor's going to give the Cubs our money, he should at least link the handout to on-the-field performance.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]