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Details of billboard deal raise questions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's no-bid deal for new expressway billboards guarantees the city far less than half the $700 million the private vendor expects to make and essentially requires Chicago to repay all the upfront cash the mayor touted as a key selling...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Joint Ventures, Chicago Elections, Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor
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Emanuel parking meter deal changes get nod
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top City Council ally on Monday predicted approval of the mayor's plan to revise the city's much-reviled, long-term parking meter lease after it easily cleared its initial hurdle. The Finance Committee voted 15-6 to advance Emanuel'...
Tags: Brendan Reilly, Chicago Mayor, Public Officials, Richard M. Daley, Local Government
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Some aldermen pass on free Sunday parking
Some aldermen are saying "no thanks" to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's offer of free Sunday parking when it comes to their commercial districts for fear it would hurt businesses that rely on street parking for their customers. In response, the mayor is offering...
Tags: Michele Smith, Chicago Mayor, Sales, Richard M. Daley, Ameya Pawar
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Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel's parking meter changes
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to change the terms of the city’s parking meter lease despite questions about the deal’s financial impact and fear of giving Chicago Parking Meters LLC...Tags: Brendan Reilly, Jason C. Ervin, Chicago Mayor, Ameya Pawar, Elections
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Aldermen working to restore paid Sunday parking meters
Even before the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for free Sunday neighborhood parking, more than a dozen aldermen were making plans to quickly restore paid parking throughout the weekend in business districts stretching...
Tags: Brendan Reilly, Nicholas Sposato, Chicago Mayor, Lobbying, Elections
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Aldermen fret new deal will feed meter firm's profits
Skeptical aldermen took aim Friday at Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to revamp the much-reviled parking meter lease, warning that his proposal to trade longer meter hours for free Sundays could turn into yet another financial boon for the company holding the...
Tags: Brendan Reilly, Chicago Mayor, Gold Coast, Richard M. Daley, Local Government
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Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor, analysis finds
Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal, a Tribune analysis has found. Most of the extra...
Tags: Brendan Reilly, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Chicago Mayor, Economy, Business and Finance
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Hotels, Robert Fioretti, Sports
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Drivers to pay longer under parking meter settlement
Tribune reportersDrivers would have to feed most Chicago parking meters for more hours every day except Sunday under a plan Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced as part of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with the private firm that holds the controversial 75-year meter...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley, Elections, Local Government, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago parking tax changes pass despite opposition
Clout StreetMany folks who park in a Chicago garage or lot will pay more come July under a new tax structure the City Council approved today despite objections from the hotel industry. Six aldermen, including Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, who represents downtown,...Tags: Brendan Reilly, Michael D. Chandler, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Chicago Mayor, Public Officials
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CPS parents make pre-emptive push to keep Logan Square school open
Bundled up against the biting cold on a recent evening, parents of students at Brentano Elementary Math and Science Academy knocked on doors and collected signatures in an effort to keep their school open. The parents don't know if the Logan Square...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools
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