By a 49-0 vote, the Chicago City Council approved a $2.5 billion, 99-year lease of Midway Airport to a private operator.
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The Daley administration has not yet announced how it would spend the $1 billion the lease would yield after airport debt is repaid.
Second Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti votes with the block to lease away city assets.
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...
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...
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...