Really? Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday referred to people and businesses with unpaid city debts as "the deadbeats and the delinquents" after winning City Council approval to intercept their state income tax refunds to collect millions of dollars. ... At every level...
Mayor’s Race
New Ward Map Confusing? Try Getting a Garbage Can
Excellent points raised by Greg Hinz over at Crain's. Ask folks at City Hall whether new or old wards apply for purposes of voting, zoning and distribution of services and the like and, after a couple of shrugs, you'll get a multipart answer fit for an SAT test. ......
Rahm Wants Handgun Registry
Stupidity in human form. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said he wants state lawmakers to approve a statewide handgun registry. ... Rep. Brandon Phelps, who has championed efforts to pass a concealed weapons bill in Illinois, said the mayor’s office called him Thursday...
Your Water Bill Doubles For What?
God bless Ben Joravsky. All summer long, in press conferences and at public hearings, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget refrain remained the same: no more accounting gimmicks and no new taxes. "We have been doing smoke and mirrors on the budget and avoided taking control of...