The next court hearing instead will be Oct. 24, meaning activists seeking to block the project, which is being built in a public park, will be able to make a presentation to the judge before the vote — and they can use the discovery process to force the city to reveal information.
In the second quarter, 8.7 percent of Chicago-area homeowners with a mortgage owed more on it than their home was worth, according to the report released this morning by CoreLogic, a property information and analytics firm. Nationwide, 4.3 percent of homeowners were underwater.
The dynamic to watch is the reinvigorated Bernie Sanders/progressive wing of the party…. Whoever wins the next mayoral race may step into a City Council that’s vastly different from the one today.