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Take time off to work for the union? Taxpayers will cover your pension based on higher union salary.
The longer it has life the more property values suffer, so kill it.
“Many of the race’s front-runners have some form of exposure, serving alongside Burke in the city’s political hierarchy, or counting him as a friend or mentor”
#YouToo.
It’s really good!
Two-thirds of the cost of garbage collection is still paid by the city. User fees should be increased, says the Civic Federation, to cover pension contribution increases and a number of other pressing financial issues facing the city.
Yes, it sticks. “And it hurts. A lot.”
“The Illinois House took the rare step Wednesday of erasing from its record a Democratic legislator’s remark suggesting she’d like to infect the water supply of a GOP colleague’s loved ones with ‘a broth of Legionella.'”
Our own article on this ruling is linked here.
By the President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
A good summary of what Chicago mayoral candidates have said about a possible commuter tax.
A former schools superintendent who claimed a Harvey Elementary School District 152 board member threatened her by saying she was “itching for an ass kicking” has been awarded $400,000 in a retaliation lawsuit filed against the south suburban school board.
When it comes to good old-fashioned political patronage, few places compete with Democratic Chicago City Hall better than the usually Republican-run Illinois Tollway.
Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) on Friday floated a plan to “public-tize” Chicago’s water system by selling or giving away shares to city residents and paying them dividends that would amount to universal basic income.
The RTA, which oversees the CTA, Metra and Pace, reported this week that ridership for 2018 is expected to finish 2.6 percent lower than 2017, to 578 million rides from 593.5 million rides.
Comment: A nice example of the impossible dilemma being faced by municipalities across Illinois.
After unanimous approval from the Illinois House of Representatives, the Illinois Senate has remained conspicuously silent on a bill meant to address one man’s dominance of a little-known network of government authorities.
By members of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club.
Comment: Having conquered Chicago’s problems, Rahm is gradually moving into his new role as national expert. Let’s hope he sticks to politics and not policy.
Salesforce Tower Chicago, aiming for completion in 2023, will be a 57-story structure.
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