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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 10, 2021
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Bad for your health
The city is still concealing many of the secrets regarding General Iron, Lincoln Yards, and Mayor Rahm.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 3, 2021
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So outrageous
It’s hard to get outraged about the Steans-to-Cassidy handoff when Marjorie Taylor Greene’s on the scene.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 2, 2020
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Some things never change
Aldermen can vote to fire city workers but they better not vote against a TIF.
- Film, Movie Feature Sep 11, 2020
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Asian Pop-Up Cinema, at home and at the drive-in
A hybrid version of the fest aims to bridge the differences between cultures.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 11, 2020
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Unwelcome news
The unfairness in Chicago’s TIF program continues.
- Music, Chicagoans of Note May 12, 2020
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Billy Helmkamp, co-owner of the Whistler and Sleeping Village
“This is gonna devastate our industry. We were the first to close; we’re gonna be the last to reopen. A lot of venues aren’t gonna make it.”
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 12, 2020
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Bob Dylan’s ode to Chicago
The new Michael Reese TIF plan tries to undo the damage of the old one.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 14, 2020
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Hey, Joe
A few things Biden needs to know about the Berniecrats he’s courting
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 22, 2020
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Pie crumbs
Chicago is really bad at fairly slicing the economic development pie.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 20, 2019
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Reefer sanity
Mayor Lightfoot’s cannabis cultivation center—finally, a TIF expenditure that makes sense.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 18, 2019
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Looking on the bright side
As the teens turn to the twenties, it’s a struggle to find a little cheer in the gloom.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 30, 2019
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The good old TIF mayonnaise jar
To settle the teachers’ strike Mayor Lightfoot should scrape some more “mayonnaise” from the TIF slush fund.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 28, 2019
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Lori’s Gettysburg Address
Look for the mayor to blame the budget deficit on Rahm but not Lincoln Yards.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 8, 2019
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A modest proposal
As long as Chicagoans don’t care about TIFs, let’s turn the city into a giant TIF district to pay our bills.
- News & Politics, Politics Jun 1, 2019
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Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures
What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 22, 2019
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Ready for reform, Chicago?
Mayor Lightfoot vows to change the city from the ways of Rahm.
- News & Politics, News May 17, 2019
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David Reifman has left the building
As the Department of Planning and Development commissioner departs, megadevelopers lose one of their biggest cheerleaders.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 16, 2019
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Race to the bottom
The great debate: Was Mayor Rahm worse than Mayor Daley?
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 9, 2019
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Let’s make a deal
If corporate Chicago wants money for One Central, it should drop its fight against Pritzker’s Fair Tax initiative.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 25, 2019
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The aldermanic prerogative myth
Chicago would rather solve a phony problem than deal with a real one like the lack of affordable housing.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 19, 2019
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Chicago poli-tricks as usual
Aldermen just raised property taxes to pay for Rahm's TIF handout to his pals.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 11, 2019
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A new deal
Lori Lightfoot can negotiate a better agreement at Lincoln Yards and 78.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 5, 2019
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Mayor Rahm says one thing and means something else
Is there anyone out there who truly believes he's so upset over Smollettgate?
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 22, 2019
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Mayor Rahm rewrites history
Tall tales about Lincoln Yards and CPS are part of Rahm’s attempt to make us forget Mayor 1 Percent.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 18, 2019
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A tale of two gardens
Woodlawn gets a grocery store and Lincoln Yards gets $1.3 billion in Mayor Rahm's Chicago.
