Category: Mayor’s Race
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Emanuel’s Foolish TIF for Police Plan
Over the weekend Rahm Emanuel became the latest local politician to propose tapping funds from the city’s tax increment financing districts to help pay for city services. Emanuel said that if he is elected mayor he would use $25 million in TIF money to pay for 250 new officers that could be dispatched around the…
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I’m just asking…
I have sat on this idea for several days now and not having seen anything in the news inline with my thinking. After considering the pro’s and con’s, I’m asking a relatively simple question. Last week John Kass at the Tribune wrote an interesting piece on how Rahm had been removed from the voter rolls…
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Daley, Chico Squable on Education
In a back-n-forth through the press: “This is not a personal attack on Mayor Daley,” Chico said. Daley has done a “tremendous job in this city,” Chico said, but added he would continue to “call it the way I see it.” (Full story here.) What?! A “tremendous job?” The city has sold off revenue sources…
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Chico’s Education Plan
Just got back from Gery Chico’s presentation of his plan to revive CPS. The 15 page plan handout can be found here if you’re interested. For those just looking for the bullet points: As the former head of the Chicago Public Schools Gery knows something about education. Further, as the leader when the schools were…