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- Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2017
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Chicago officials take a page from Trump playbook to justify Navy Pier TIF ‘shell game’
The Emanuel administration's explanation for how $55 million wound up paying for Navy Pier renovations sounds like gobbledygook from the presidential administration.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 25, 2017
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Chicago’s TIF scam might be even more crooked than we thought
The city's TIFs will generate a record $561 million this tax year. Which means more money for the mayor to sneakily divert into vanity projects like Navy Pier.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2012
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19 million promises, but still no money
The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2012
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Chicago's Culinary Crossroads
Local restaurants to participate in Chicago's Culinary Crossroads during the G8 and NATO summits.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2012
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Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8
The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
- News & Politics, Politics Aug 12, 2009
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Who’ll Be the Bad Guy Now?
Manny Flores backs away from the cap he proposed on public funding for the Olympics.
- News & Politics, Politics Jul 23, 2009
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Wanna Buy an Olympics?
Why is the mayor's A team only now hitting the neighborhoods to pitch Chicagoans on the Olympic bid?
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2009
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We don't trust 'em either
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2009
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I Tried
I said I'd listen with an open mind when the Chicago 2016 folks explained why Chicago needs the Olympics. But how soon they lost me.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2009
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Your Olympic TIF Program
The city reveals what we already knew in our heart of hearts: the Olympics will be paid for with TIF funds.