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Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 18, 2019
A tale of two gardens

Woodlawn gets a grocery store and Lincoln Yards gets $1.3 billion in Mayor Rahm's Chicago.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Lincoln Yards, CIVL, TIFs, Mayor Rahm, Sterling Bay, Brian Hopkins, Clarence Darrow, Tom Allen

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2011
New Report Shows a Reliable City Council for Daley
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, City Council, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Daley, Dick Simpson, UIC, Politics, Tom Allen, Patrick Levar, Helen Shiller, Mary Ann Smith, Bob Fioretti, Toni Preckwinkle, Shirley Newsome, Sandi Jackson, Ricardo Munoz, Scott Waguespack, Brian Doherty, Joe Moore, John Pope, Frank Olivo, Ariel Reyboras, Ed Burke, Virginia Rugai

News & Politics, Politics Jul 22, 2010
Why Can't Chicago Recycle?

A world-class city, a "green" mayor—what's the problem? Insiders say the city's budget woes are only part of the story.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, recycling, recycling bins, blue carts, Department of Environment, waste, Mike Nowak, Chicago Recycling Coalition, Climate Action Plan, blue bags, Michael Picardi, Streets and Sanitation, Joe Moore, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, Scott Waguespack, City Council, blue cart program, blue bag program, National Solid Wastes Management Association, Tom Allen, Tom Byrne, Fran Spielman, Matt Smith, Chicago Sun-Times, privatization, Chicago High Density Residential and Commercial Source Reduction and Recycling Ordinance, Burke-Hansen Ordinance, Helen Shiller, 46th Ward, scavengers, Dina Demetrio

News & Politics, Politics Jul 8, 2010
Under the Gun

Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they've barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Supreme Court, Chicago gun ban, Mayor Daley, Responsible Gun Ownership, City Council, Jody Weis, Chicago homicides, assault weapons, weapons seizures, Robert Fioretti, Anthony Beale, Freddrenna Lyle, Purpose Over Pain, Pamela Montgomery-Bosley, Joyce Foundation, gun control, Richard Pearson, Illinois State Rifle Association, Father Michael Pfleger, Ron Huberman, John Fritchey, La Shawn Ford, Gerald Vernon, Illinois Carry, Samuel Alito, McDonald v. City of Chicago, Second Amendment, Mara Georges, Ed Burke, Willie Cochran, Richard Mell, Ray Suarez, Brian Doherty, Virginia Rugai, Deborah Graham, Emma Mitts, Tom Allen

News & Politics, Politics Jun 17, 2010
The Armies Are Gathering

Now that the word's out about how TIFs suck money away from the schools, parents are rallying to raid the kitty.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Mayor Daley, TIF, TIFs, tax increment financing, Raise Your Hand coalition, Jonathan Goldman, Robert Fioretti, Tom Allen, Sweet Home Chicago, Ron Huberman, Pat Quinn, Arne Duncan, Diana Ferguson, Alicia Winckler, Jerome Goudelock

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2010
City Council Plays Guessing Game with Expansion of Blue Cart Recycling

A City Council meeting on Chicago's halting recycling programs quickly turns into an on-the-record bitch session.
- By Hunter Clauss
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Tom Allen, City Council, Patrick Levar, blue cart program, Joe Moore, Brendan Reilly, Virginia Rugai, recycling, Thomas Byrne

News & Politics, Politics May 20, 2010
The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley's TIF Game

The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they're really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, TIFs, tax-increment fiancing, TIF map, West Englewood, 15th Ward, 41st Ward, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, Bronzeville TIF, 2nd Ward, 3rd Ward, 4th Ward, Chatham, Beverly, Lakeview, Rogers Park, Loop, 27th Ward, 42nd Ward, Gold Coast, Garfield Park, City Council, City Hall, Anthony Beale, 9th Ward, Roseland, Robert Fioretti, Bob Fioretti, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, Chicago Riverwalk, Brendan Reilly, Isaac Carothers, 29th Ward, Hillary Rodham Clinton Park, Prairie Avenue Historic District, Harpo Studios, MillerCoors, 250 S. Wacker, Chicago Christian Industrial League, New Ritz, Kennedy-King College, Walmart, Walter Burnett, 27th Ward, 60th and Western TIF district, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Near West TIF District, Greektown, 14th Ward, Ed Burke, 32nd Ward, Roscoe Village, Wicker Park, 32nd Ward, Scott Waguespack, 38th Ward, Tom Allen, 22nd Ward, Rick Munoz, shadow budget, TIF shadow budget

News & Politics, Politics Mar 11, 2010
Time for a Revolution

No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you've noticed: he rarely ever gets one.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, City Hall, mayoral election, parking meter lease deal, Chicago parking meters, CTA, CPD, Chicago Police Department, 2016 Olympics, rainy day fund, Isaac Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Toni Preckwinkle, Roland Burris, Eugene Sawyer, Chicago politics, Tim Evans, Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Ray Frias, Hispanic Democratic Organization, Northerly Island, Meigs Field, Patrick Fitzgerald, Hired Truck program, HDO, Robert Sorich, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama, Senate Candidate Five, Rod Blagojevich, Midway Airport, City Council, privatization, Park District fees, Park District, city budget deficit, Tom Allen, bungalow belt, Cliff Kelley, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Jesus Garcia, Joseph Mario Moreno, Michael Bloomberg, Jerry Morrison, Service Employees International Union, SEIU, anti-Daley vote, Kwame Raoul, Election Day, Bob Fioretti

News & Politics, Politics Mar 11, 2010
Mayoral Material?

Ten to watch, even as they demur
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Daley, Chicago mayor, mayoral election, David Hoffman, David Hoffman Needs to Run for Mayor!, Illinois senate race, Miguel del Valle, James Laski, Tom Dart, Cook County sheriff, 19th Ward Democratic organization, Michael Sheahan, Cook County assessor, James Houlihan, Park District, CTA, property tax reform, James Meeks, Salem Baptist Church, Bob Fioretti, Sandi Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr., Scott Waguespack, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Tom Allen, Thomas Cullerton, 38th Ward, Brendan Reilly, 42nd Ward, Gold Coast

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2010
Another brick in the wall, part one

It's great that Chicago aldermen decided to bring accountability to the use of a $1.3 million kitty they control. For a follow up, how about doing the same with the rest of the $6.1 billion city budget?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Chicago City Council, Tom Allen, Bernard Stone, Ed Burke, Chicago city budget, nepotism, government reform, tax increment financing, privatization, transparency, aldermanic expense allowance

News & Politics, Politics Dec 17, 2009
It Doesn't Take Much to Be a Maverick

Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Tom Allen, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Mayor Daley, 2010 Chicago budget, Miguel del Valle, 38th Ward, Berny Stone, Patrick O'Connor, Ron Ernst, Hugh Devlin, Valerie Leonard, ABC's of TIFs, property taxes, city taxes, Thomas Cullerton, Jim Houlihan, slush fund, Anita Alvarez, Skyway, Chicago parking meters, Midway Airport, Chicago Children's Museum, Helen Shiller, Vi Daley, Tom Tunney, Mary Ann Smith, Eugene Schulter

Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2009
Aldermen duel over TIFs, parking meters, spending, and the brainwashing powers of the media

As the mayor's $6.1 billion budget passed the City Council, alderman Tom Allen blasted the administration for misusing taxpayer money, and alderman Berny Stone accused Allen of being "brainwashed by the media."
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago City Council, Chicago politics, 2010 budget, Tom Allen, Berny Stone, tax increment financing, TIFs, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, privatization

Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2009
Everyone's Talking TIFs

The tax-increment finance issue gains traction around town.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Tom Allen, Walter Burnett, Chicago budget crisis, RedEye

Blogs, Bleader Oct 7, 2008
Full steam ahead

The City Council moves closer to approving the lease deal for Midway Airport.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, City Council, Tom Allen, Privatization, Manny Flores, Midway Airport, lease deal, Paul Volpe

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2008
Unite and Conquer

A look at the last full City Council meeting shows how Chicago's executive and legislative branches have become one.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Mayor Daley, City Council, Tom Allen, Ed Burke

Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2008
More bang for the buck

What's behind Anita Alvarez's victory in the state's attorney primary?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Tom Allen, Campaign contributions, Howard Brookins Jr., Cook County State's Attorney, Robert Milan, Larry Suffredin, Anita Alvarez, Tommy Brewer

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2008
Cashing in

There's lots of money flowing into the coffers of the candidates for state's attorney . . .
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Tom Allen, Campaign contributions, Howard Brookins Jr., Cook County State's Attorney, Robert Milan, Larry Suffredin, Anita Alvarez, Tommy Brewer

Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2007
From whitewash to rugs

The City Council got exactly nowhere during a hearing on the Burge torture report today--what else is new?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Police Torture, Jon Burge, Tom Allen, Anthony Beale, Howard Brookins Jr., Isaac Carothers

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2007
Cab-fare-hike hearing: What's the point?

Taxi drivers' appeal for a fare hike doesn't get much sympathy in the City Council.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Tom Allen, Chicago City Council, Cab fares, Transportation committee

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2006
Sitting Pretty

Aldermen with no challengers chill out.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Municipal Elections, City Council, Tom Allen, Ed Smith

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Woodlawn gets a grocery store and Lincoln Yards gets $1.3 billion in Mayor Rahm's Chicago.

A world-class city, a "green" mayor—what's the problem? Insiders say the city's budget woes are only part of the story.

Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they've barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.

Now that the word's out about how TIFs suck money away from the schools, parents are rallying to raid the kitty.

A City Council meeting on Chicago's halting recycling programs quickly turns into an on-the-record bitch session.

The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they're really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward

No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you've noticed: he rarely ever gets one.

Ten to watch, even as they demur

It's great that Chicago aldermen decided to bring accountability to the use of a $1.3 million kitty they control. For a follow up, how about doing the same with the rest of the $6.1 billion city budget?

Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.

As the mayor's $6.1 billion budget passed the City Council, alderman Tom Allen blasted the administration for misusing taxpayer money, and alderman Berny Stone accused Allen of being "brainwashed by the media."

The tax-increment finance issue gains traction around town.

The City Council moves closer to approving the lease deal for Midway Airport.

A look at the last full City Council meeting shows how Chicago's executive and legislative branches have become one.

What's behind Anita Alvarez's victory in the state's attorney primary?

There's lots of money flowing into the coffers of the candidates for state's attorney . . .

The City Council got exactly nowhere during a hearing on the Burge torture report today--what else is new?

Taxi drivers' appeal for a fare hike doesn't get much sympathy in the City Council.

Aldermen with no challengers chill out.

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