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Preckwinkle blasts Emanuel, quickly backs off
Clout StreetCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday quickly backed off a public barb she tossed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his crime-fighting strategy, marking the second time in a little more than three months she has toned down off-the-cuff remarks....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Mayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Cook County Government
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Land bank would revitalize distressed properties
A land bank that would acquire, manage and repurpose vacant and abandoned properties in Cook County is one step closer to reality. Two months after its formation, an advisory committee appointed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is...
Tags: Interior Policy, Bridget Gainer, Financial and Business Services, Foreclosures, Online Advertising
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A tax on politicians? It's an offer they can't refuse
American politicians are always on the lookout for "new sources of revenue," which sounds a lot nicer than "sinking their fangs into our necks." But however you describe it, they just can't stop sucking our blood with their unending tax increases on the...
Tags: FBI, Joseph Berrios, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Chicago City Hall
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Preckwinkle 'making a serious mistake' in not backing Tyson
Change of SubjectRich Miller: (Cook County Board President Toni) Preckwinkle is making a serious mistake here. (Former Todd Stroger chief of staff Lance) Tyson tried to do right in that office. He took the job thinking he could help. Some folks, myself...... -
Property taxes appeals surge
Special to the TribuneDismayed that property taxes on her Rogers Park home kept going up despite a sinking real estate market, Aparna Sen-Yeldandi asked a friend to review her tax bill. She was stunned to learn that although she had lived in the residence for nearly 20 years...Tags: Rogers Park, Homes, Joseph Berrios, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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CEO found a home here, keeps close ties to native Puerto Rico
Tribune staff reporterRoberto Herencia occasionally rides to work on one of the four Harley-Davidson motorcycles he keeps in his "man cave," a Glenview storage facility equipped with a red couch, a TV and a 6-foot lucha libre mask, an icon of Mexican wrestling. When headed...Tags: FirstMerit Corporation, Corporate Officers, Global Expansion, Barack Obama, Banking
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Why are leading Dems neutral in Derrick Smith race?
Change of SubjectCarol Marin today notes with dismay that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other Democrats are remaining neutral in the 10th District state rep race between indicted former incumbent Derrick Smith and... -
Dithering Dems give hope to indicted candidate
Change of SubjectDemocratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has her reasons for not endorsing Lance Tyson’s bid for state representative. For a year and a half — from December 2006 until May 2008 — Tyson (right), a lifelong Democrat,... -
A souvenir from the good old days when voters had it in them to dump judges
Change of SubjectA reader sent this button along from the successful 1986 effort to dump Cook County Judge Lawrence Passarella (story here) Don't miss today's fabulous editorial on this topic: This year, the Tribune urged a "no" vote on (Judge Cynthia) Brim...... -
Toni Preckwinkle has not had it up to the Brim with incompetent judges
Change of SubjectUPDATE: Here's the mp3 audio clip: Preckwinkle: Vote "Yes" on ALL judges Scott Kastrup, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's political director, confirms that those robo-calls from Preckwinkle urging a "yes" vote on all judges up for retention... -
Preckwinkle hospital board shakeup leads to resignation
Clout StreetCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s shakeup of the hospital board has led a member to leave. Benn Greenspan, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, submitted his resignation Friday, citing “...Tags: Todd H. Stroger, Cook County Government, Ansell Limited, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Cook County votes to cut pay for some political appointees
Clout StreetCook County commissioners on Wednesday voted to end full-time pay and benefits for political appointees on a pair of panels, a change backed by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Salaries, medical benefits and pension contributions for members of...Tags: Interior Policy, Illinois Supreme Court, Bridget Gainer, Employees, Thornton
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