Category: Alderman Fioretti
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Da Mare’s Private Road to McCormick Place
A $43 million busway built to whisk conventioneers between downtown hotels and McCormick Place has turned into “the mayor’s road” and should be opened to taxicabs in exchange for a surcharge, Ald. Robert Fioretti, 2nd said Monday. Fioretti suggested turning the 2.5-mile busway into a money-maker after Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg lifted the veil…
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Chicago’s New Billboard Deal All But Signed
Kudos to Alderman Bob Fioretti: A Chicago City Council committee signed off Monday on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s latest privatization deal—even though, after nearly five hours of testimony, aldermen still didn’t quite know how it added up for taxpayers, what its shortfalls might be, or exactly which companies were included in putting it together. In more…
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Pete’s Update – 09/27/2012
A couple of new things to report on the situation with Pete’s Fresh Market. As most readers know, the story has now made the local papers and WGN TV News. Here’s what’s new — and what you won’t read in those papers: #1 My original story stated that “the ring-leader of the group of thugs…
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Pete’s Fresh Market — Update 09/19
Reliable sources inform me that Pete’s and people from the city are sitting down and trying to work out a deal to restart construction. Reliable sources also have confirmed the facts of the original post. If any readers have stories of problems with any politicians please contact me privately with that information. We have been…
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Shakedown on the West Side
PR — For Immediate Release SYNOPSIS: LOCAL THUGS AND A QUESTIONABLE ALDERMAN MAY STOP CONSTRUCTION OF GROCERY STORE IN A FOOD DESERT. One of Chicago’s food deserts may not be getting a grocery store after all. After years of wrangling, Pete’s Fresh Market broke ground on a site located at Western & Madison on Chicago’s…
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Fioretti: 35 Member Council & Term Limits
Alderman Robert Fioretti (2nd Ward) believes Chicago would do fine with just 35 aldermen instead of 50 — especially now that workers are handling garbage pickup and street cleaning on a system of ten “grids” instead of 50 wards. … Besides a smaller City Council, Fioretti is calling for term limits. “Just look at the…
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Fighting Crime The Chicago Way!
CeaseFire Illinois, a group that works against violence, is being recruited by the city of Chicago as part of a pilot program to help reduce crime in two police districts, one on the West Side and the other on the South Side. … The city will give the group a one-year grant for $1 million…
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Fioretti: Not So Fast Rahm
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to have five financing giants bankroll $1.7 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects ran into opposition Monday from aldermen concerned about “hidden fees” and long-term leasing of city assets. During closed-door briefings with aldermen, sources said Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott stuck to the script and talked only about the $225 million…
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State Rep. Derrick Smith Charged, Arrested
Ha ha ha ha! State Rep. Derrick Smith, a Democrat from Chicago, was arrested today for allegedly pocketing a $7,000 cash bribe to write an official letter of support for a day care center he believed was seeking a state grant. The arrest came after an undercover operation launched by the FBI in December with…
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G-8 Summit Moved to Camp David
Big News!! The Group of Eight meeting will be moved to Camp David, according to the White House, but the gathering of NATO allies and the International Security Assistance Force will go on in Chicago as planned in mid-May. Camp David will more closely approximate the remote settings in which the G8 leaders prefer to…