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- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Nov 2, 2016
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Passing the Safe Roads Amendment could have unintended consequences
Putting transportation revenue in a “lockbox” could make it harder to fund future travel modes.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2015
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A glimmer of hope as Mayor Rahm and DePaul celebrate wasting our money
Mayor Rahm basks in the glow of his great TIF triumph—taking millions from bankrupt schools and wasting it on his DePaul/Marriott boondoggle.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2015
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Just when you thought it was safe, here comes another debate over TIFs
Another day, another TIF dispute, but the fact remains: 48 percent of the money is going to just 5 percent of the city.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2015
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Correcting Crain's on TIFs
If columnists keep pushing the mayor's line on TIFs, that leaves Mayor Rahm free to keep using the $400 million-a-year program as his slush fund.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2013
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Bill Daley and Bruce Rauner: Birds of a feather
Why is the former candidate dissing his party's incumbent?
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2013
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Rauner announces he's running for governor, doesn't mention Payton Prep charge
On a Republican hopeful, and the issue he hopes will go away.
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2013
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Mudslinging at the Rauner exploratory campaign for governor
"I scare politicians in both parties," Bruce Rauner says.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
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Romney in Chicago tonight
Republicans have another chance to vote with their wallets tonight in Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 15, 2010
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Chaos? Democracy? Is It Six of One...?
What's Chicago in for now?
- News & Politics, Media Jul 15, 2010
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To Investigate and Advocate
The Better Government Association was in on some of the most exciting investigative reporting of yore. But director Andy Shaw says just exposing wrongdoing is no longer enough.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2009
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New Movie Theater Opens (Yeah, You Heard Me)
Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2009
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TIFs: Hidden in plain view
The City Council can approve a 99-year privatization deal in days, but it needs months to decide whether to put public records online.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2008
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More money down the hole
The city gets ready to spend even more TIF money on the underground station at Block 37.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2006
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Jackson for Mayor? Perhaps not
Congress? Or City Hall?
