While Mayor Richard Daley has taken 25 furlough days off this year, reducing his pay by nearly ten percent, some aldermen are not cooperating, according to a study by the Chicago News Cooperative.
A summary of the week’s political story affecting Ravenswood with some editorial observations thrown in. You can’t write a better lede than this: “A life-sized statue of Elvis Presley is among a trove of Rod Blagojevich’s belongings in an Arlington Heights storage facility that the warehouse owner says he will sell at auction if the former...
A summary of the week’s political story affecting Ravenswood with some editorial observations thrown in. The Chicago Tribune’s Clout Street Blog mentioned 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack (D-) and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (D-Ravenswood) among a long list of people who might run for mayor. The entry was tied to a...
A proposed ordinance under consideration by Chicago City Council transportation and licensing committees threatens the city's nascent pedicab industry, pedicab operators and owners say.