Recent Results tagged “mayordaley”
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Daley Blames - Who Else? - The Media For Oprah-geddon
Mayor Daley, making the sad trombone face; Photo by our old friend, WBEZ's Kate Gardiner Mayor Daley, fresh off his smackdown of the media over a question regarding Michael Scott on Wednesday, has wasted no time...
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Still No Resolution In Scott Death Probe
With questions still lingering around the circumstances of the death of Michael Scott, the Chicago Police is not rushing to issue its ruling. Still, in light of recent discoveries in the investigation, it seems that they...
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Days Later, Speculation Still Rages Over Scott's Death
In a sense, the chatter over the death of Chicago Public Schools Board of Education President Michael Scott seems to be almost deafening. But we have to realize it's been only a little over two days...
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Bensenville Accepts O'Hare Buyout
Photo by Paul Petrowsky The battle between Bensenville and the City of Chicago, due to the O'Hare expansion project, is over. The Tribune reports that under a new agreement, the demolition of houses could begin as...
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Final Countdown For Block 37
Conceptual Art of Block 37 via Thanksgiving is almost here and with that comes the hoped-for opening date for the beleaguered Block 37 project downtown. And two events this week might go a long way towards...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by brantastic A CTA bus driver was injured last night when his bus got caught in the crossfire from a shoot-out; the driver's injuries were cuts caused by flying glass. The three teens charged in...
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Gay Couple Banned From Wal-Mart For Life (And More Gay News)
While we've been busy watching just a few of the many fine films screened at Reeling this year, a mighty lot of gay-centric news has come across our desk. Consider this little round-up a crash course in the past two weeks in the world of LGBT Chicago, headlined by a gay couple that now faces perhaps the most far-reaching denial of equal rights in our modern world: A lifetime ban from Wal-Mart.
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OT For Plow Drivers As City Can't Sell Off Service
For once, the City of Chicago failed to find a taker in a bid to privatize a city service and, as a result will be paying overtime to plow drivers this coming winter. We've already heard...
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Breaking The Bank: City Council Finishes Budget 2010 Hearings
Mayor Daley, making the sad trombone face; Photo by our old friend, WBEZ's Kate Gardiner Today, the City Council is slated to finish up hearings pertaining to Mayor Daley's 2010 budget as they prepare to send...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by toast322 On again, off again: the abortion notification law is on hold once more after a judge issued a restraining order on it this afternoon at the request of the ACLU. According to prosecutors,...
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Cuddy/Daley
Mayor Daley, making the sad trombone face; Photo by our old friend, WBEZ's Kate Gardiner WBEZ's Alison Cuddy sat down for a one-on-one with Mayor Daley and while we can't say she was soft on Daley,...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by +method606 Another school closed by the flu. Police have arrested four suspects in a drug-related kidnapping. Mayor Daley is getting personally involved in an effort to keep one convention from ditching it's traditional every-three-years...
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Blue-Cart Recycling Slowed in Proposed City Budget
Via ChiDN Blue-cart recycling is still over a year away for 359,000 homes without service under Mayor Richard Daley's proposed 2010 budget. In 2008, the city launched a switch to the blue-cart recycling program from the...
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Daley, City Council Float Furlough For Police, Fire Departments
Photo by trippchicago In his 2010 budget presented last week, Daley included 24 unpaid days (12 holidays, 12 furlough days) for all non-union and many union city employees. One group he can't force these unpaid days...
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Does Daley Understand Property Tax Assessments?
Photo by re-Verse. As property taxes in the city are set to skyrocket, Mayor Daley, still reeling from the parking meter debacle, the loss of the 2016 Summer Olympics and an all-time low popularity rating is...
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Blowing The Whistle On Tax Cheating Businesses
The City of Chicago is short on cash and they're looking for anyway to recoup some money, even if it means encouraging citizens to do some fiscal policing for them. Mayor Daley's 2010 budget includes something...
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2016 Postmortem: Daley Says U.S. Should Give Up On Olympics
AP Photo/Nam Huh It's been three weeks since the Big Letdown but Mayor Daley hasn't been quick to move on from the disappointment of finishing last of the Final Four in 2016 Olympic voting. Speaking last...
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Mayor Daley Says McCormick Place East Ruins Skyline And Needs Work
Photo By: find a city to live in McCormick Place East is in need of $100 million worth of repairs in order to be properly maintained, calling into question the future of the building once referred...
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Breaking The Bank: Daley's Budget On The Table
AP Photo/John Smierciak Mayor Daley's budget for 2010 has been presented and, as expected, there were no new taxes but lots of cuts. There will also be much taken from the parking meter lease fund. In...
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Chicago Gets More Boring, One Cut at a Time
Original photo via City of Chicago Amongst the hiring freezes, layoffs, and roundabout pay cuts in the current Chicago budget crisis are a number of smaller items being eliminated. Things beyond garbage pickup and pothole repair,...
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Daley Talks CTA Fare Hikes, Property Taxes
AP File Photo Mayor Daley responded yesterday to the CTA's proposed 2010 budget, calling the potential fare hikes and cuts in service, “very, very ugly" while also trying to reinforce that nothing has been approved, adding,...
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Mercy Me! Hospital And Alderman Cash In On Development Deals
Photo by find a city to live in Mercy Hospital has always had a special place in the heart of the Daley family. Richard J and wife Eleanor fundraised for the hospital in the 60’s and...
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Thursday Morning Diversion: It Was Only A Matter Of Time...
Chicago 2016 Olympic FAILGATE is starting to become a fleeting memory, which is why we're so glad we came upon this video before we fully move on to other things. If you're familiar with the various...
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Daley's Not Looking Ahead, But Who Is?
AP File Photo While Daley decried the press for writing his political obituary too soon and declared that there would be no political fallout for his failed 2016 Olympic bid, the fact of the matter is...
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Details Emerge About Chicago 2016's Wooing Of Obama
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais The Obama administration has gone into spin control in regards to Obama's trip to Copenhagen to support Chicago 2016's failed Olympic bid and is using the classic, "Well, they told us it'd...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by Rebecca Anne So what happened at the IOC vote? Some say blame the USOC though an Australian IOC rep thinks an Asian alliance may have teamed up to help Tokyo and hurting Chicago's bid...
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Hope-enhagen - The IOC's Opening Ceremonies
The IOC is all about pomp and circumstance, which is the only way to explain the opening ceremonies held Thursday night in Copenhagen. An opening ceremony for a vote? Sure, why not. Oprah, Mayor Daley, and Michelle...
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Weis, Daley Ask For Help ID'ing Suspects From Brawl
Still image from brawl video (via Fox 32) Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis has asked the public for help in identifying more of the teens involved in last week's violent brawl that left four teens injured...
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Daley Makes Another Effort to Rally City Before Olympic Bid Decision
Photo by swanksalot Mayor Richard Daley attempted to gain support for Chicago’s Olympic bid one last time before leaving for Copenhagen, where the International Olympics Commission will decide which city will host the 2016 Olympics. Daley...
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Economic Analysis Projects Lower Revenues from Olympics; Mayor Daley Disagrees
Mayor Daley dismissed an independent analysis of the economic potential of the 2016 Olympic Games on Thursday, first with an ad hominem attack on the state of Michigan, and then with a less-than-nuanced economic retort of...
