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Eighty-five percent of Chicagoans are in favored categories getting preference in city contracting. The remaining 15% — white males with no disability — are effectively disfavored.
Chicago among the places hardest hit. “The scar reverse mortgage failures leave on neighborhoods can be seen on a drive through Chicago’s South Side with longtime resident and community organizer Pat DeBonnett. A cluster of six ZIP codes together have endured more than 1,000 reverse mortgage foreclosures over the past five years – higher than many entire states. Boarded up homes and empty parcels followed.”
The single family home index credits the area with a mere 1.5% annual appreciation rate, the lowest rate in 44 months.
While Democrats rush toward impeachment over an anonymous whistleblower complaint accusing President Donald Trump of requesting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, many have ignored the fact that last year, Senate Democrats wrote to Ukraine’s prosecutor general asking Ukrainian officials to investigate Trump.
The road builders accused Cook County’s attorneys of attempting to “rewrite” the transportation funding amendment, “so that its restrictions and prohibitions are reduced to a mere suggestion that people should follow statutes.”
When Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10th) signed on to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s City Council leadership team, she did not agree to forfeit her independence or sever her deep roots at the Chicago Teachers Union.
“That’s right, mother-f—er!” Garza said, raising her fist in the air.
After describing herself as the first CTU member ever to win a City Council seat, Garza shouted, “Queen Mother of God, I see people ready to strike. Right out here.” On Wednesday, Garza acknowledged she “got carried away” introducing Bernie Sanders and probably should not have used profanity.
“It wasn’t appropriate.
New reports from rating agencies shine unwelcome light on Chicago’s and Illinois’ “outlier” status on pension debts and the growing risks of heat-related climate change on some local Illinois governments.
“Let’s look at Evanston, Illinois (home of Northwestern) and Naperville, Illinois (western suburbs of Chicago) and their two different approaches to achievement.”
Peoria is no Harvey or East St. Louis, but it’s certainly in a downward spiral. Officials are adding new taxes and fees to deal with the city’s struggling budget and pension crisis. Their efforts to tax more are likely to be futile. The numbers justify those doubts.
Chicago’s park district workers announced Tuesday evening that they have voted in favor of a strike, putting added pressure on Mayor Lori Lightfoot as she’s already facing looming teachers and school support staff strikes. SEIU Local 73 also represents the more than 7,000 school support staff workers who also have voted in favor of a strike. The CTU, meanwhile, is in the middle of its own vote on whether to enact a work stoppage.
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