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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: Elections, Jean-Claude Brizard, Unions, Chicago Transit Authority, Politics
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Parking firm would make more money on pay-by-cell plan
Chicago's private parking meter operator could make $2 million per year in new convenience fees on top of investing the deposits made by drivers who pay by phone, under one new aspect of a complicated agreement Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented Wednesday to...
Tags: Brendan Reilly, Local Government, John Arena, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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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: Elections, Chicago Transit Authority, White House, Politics, Political Fundraising
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Emanuel's Chicagoness an issue to many
Rahm Emanuel is a North Shore-bred millionaire who trained as a ballet dancer and vacations in Vietnam. It's part of the back story to his hard-charging, ran-the-White-House public persona. It's also an image, perhaps, that has led a majority of...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Elections, Chicago Transit Authority, Politics, Gery Chico
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Parking meter boycott
Since the inception of the abominable parking meter deal brokered by former mayor Richard M. Daley, I am confident in saying that I have not used a single metered spot for the current duration of this ridiculous contract. And I will not use a metered spot...Tags: Rahm Emanuel
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Rauner out as chairman of Choose Chicago
Tribune reporterVenture capitalist Bruce Rauner, who is exploring a run for governor, has resigned as chairman of the board of Choose Chicago, the non-profit agency that serves as the city's convention and tourism bureau. Choose Chicago announced the exit. Rauner, a...Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Tour Operations Industry
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Perhaps Mayor Daley should have played this before striking the parking meter deal
Change of SubjectSim City, the latest version: And here's a screen grab from the version I remember playing. Even in that version, however, I'm sure a future-mortgaging rip-off like the parking-meter lease deal would have been a losing move.... -
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity&...Tags: GQ, University of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Celebrities, Meatloaf
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Selling off our assets not that far-fetched
timr@herald-mail.comPeople in Washington County should concern themselves with the following passage from the Chicago Tribune, which appeared two days after Christmas: “In an annual ritual that has become as predictable if not as joyous as a New Year’s Eve...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, The Herald-Mail, Services and Shopping, Photography and Video, Budgets and Budgeting
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Divorce court weds power and privacy
J.F.'s marriage was crumbling in 2010, but he didn't want that public. J.F. is a well-known Chicago politician, and when he and his wife ended up in divorce court, he asked that their names be kept secret to avoid a “media frenzy.” Despite...
Tags: Foreclosures, Elections, Trials, Politics, Interior Policy
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Obama library, casino among options for former Reese site
A casino-entertainment complex, a major convention hotel and a Barack Obama presidential library are being floated as possible anchors for a mixed-use development of the former Michael Reese Hospital site on the Near South Side. The scenarios were...Tags: McCormick Place, Hospitals and Clinics, William D. Burns, Bronzeville, West Point
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Daley settles (not entirely) into life as a regular Chicagoan
He still gets up early. He could sleep in. He no longer has a big staff to deploy. No public crises nipping at his mind and time. He lives alone. He gets up at 6 anyway, and sets off to the gym before breakfast. He likes it there, feels safe in the...
Tags: Human Rights, Religion and Belief, Politics, China, Tony Blair
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Apr 19, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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