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City contract seekers donate to Emanuel despite his own ban
Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign fund, despite Emanuel's own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business. The donations linked to a company that uses...
Tags: Local Government, Chicago City Council, Public Officials, Nokia Corp., Advertising
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Editorial: An independent set of eyes
In the cold light of day, the 2008 contract between the city of Chicago and Chicago Parking Meters LLC looks a lot like a $1.2 billion payday loan. That's the apt observation of freshman Ald. Ameya Pawar, 47th, as the City Council prepares to vote on...
Tags: Local Government, Finance, Illinois General Assembly, Economy, Business and Finance, Michele Smith
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Strengthen the inspector general
By now, Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be tired of being reminded of his unfulfilled promise to empower the city's inspector general. Cover your eyes, Mayor, because here we go again. Among the pledges contained in Emanuel's responses to a Tribune survey of...
Tags: Local Government, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Supreme Court
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Chicago and red light vendor: Breaking up is hard to do
Chicago's divorce with Redflex Traffic Systems is getting messy. In his hurry to sever ties with the red-light camera operator amid a burgeoning bribery scandal, Mayor Rahm Emanuel in February set a six-month deadline for Redflex to leave town after a...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Bribery, Local Elections, Photography Supplies and Services, Chicago Mayor
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How about a Madigan casino plan?
Suppose you were writing legislation that would increase from 10 to 23 the number of casinos in your state. You need to win over a governor who has vetoed two similar bills because you keep writing special oversight rules for one or more casinos in a...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Illinois General Assembly, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Politics
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Emanuel gets split verdict on crime
Chicago voters are split on how Mayor Rahm Emanuel has handled the crime problem that was a high-profile focus of his second year in office, but they like the job Garry McCarthy is doing as the city's top cop, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. The mayor's...
Tags: NATO, Rahm Emanuel, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Mayor, Politics
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Emanuel doubles down as year 2 ends
Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks. "I'm here about making...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Chicago Teachers Strike, Karen Lewis, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning
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Emanuel's approval slips, especially among black voters
Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces growing voter disenchantment, particularly among African-Americans, even as the overall number approving of his job performance holds steady at the halfway point of his first term, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. The survey...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Local Elections, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Political Fundraising
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School in Prague to be named after Mayor Cermak
Eighty years ago, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was assassinated, an anniversary that some, like Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, say does not receive enough attention. But on Thursday, a school in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, will remember Cermak by...
Tags: Local Government, Local Elections, Chicago City Council, Prague (Czech Republic), Politics
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Emanuel not getting the jobs done?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rolled out a stream of what he's billed as pro-business initiatives and stood with dozens of corporations making jobs announcements during his first two years in office, but a clear majority of voters in a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, White House, Marketing, Entertainment Events, Lollapalooza
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Why won't Emanuel talk about Mayor He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named?
One subject that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel never touches involves a legendary political figure: Mayor He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. So when I sat down for an interview with Emanuel last week to mark his two-year anniversary in the job, I asked: Why...
Tags: Local Government, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, Richard M. Daley
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I hate to say it, cyclists, but the other bike shoe has just dropped
Don't be angry, Little Bike People of Chicago. Please don't be upset at what happened at City Hall on Wednesday. I don't really want to say this, but I've just got to: I told you so. You've become part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's City Hall revenue...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Fines
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