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Mayoral candidate John Kelly vows to use lobbyist clout to block Amtrak move to Bridgeport (opens the original)
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Mayoral challenger John Kelly on Thursday promised Bridgeport politicians and their constituents to use the clout he has built as White Sox lobbyist and Jerry Reinsdorf’s business partner to “stop Amtrak from coming into your neighborhood.” Kelly made the promise while showcasing his political candor to an audience of movers and shakers at the City Club of Chicago. Bridgeport Ald. Nicole Lee (11th) and Cook County Commissioner John Daley have been determined to prevent the Sox from leaving Rate
Chicago parking rate hikes should be tied to inflation, and out-of-towners should pay more, Ald. Dowell says (opens the original)
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Chicago parking rates have been frozen since 2022 and it “makes sense” to raise them annually to match the inflation rate — while asking out-of-town motorists to pay even more, the City Council’s most powerful member said Thursday. The City Council just reached a compromise deal with Stonepeak Partners, the new owners of the city’s parking meters, that included securing for city coffers 5% of net profits earned by Stonepeak. On the heels of that deal, Finance Committee Chair Pat Dowell (3rd) sai
City Council raises debt threshold, sets stage for potential fourth veto from Mayor Johnson (opens the original)
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A defiant City Council tried Tuesday to wean Chicago off its historic addiction to debt, setting the stage for a potential fourth veto from Mayor Brandon Johnson. By a 32-15 vote, the Council agreed to require future borrowing to be approved by a three-fifths vote. That’s 30 votes instead of the current threshold of 26 votes. But the Council’s support of the reform championed by retiring 13th Ward Ald. Marty Quinn fell short of the 34 votes that would be required to override a mayoral veto. That
City Council signs off on $2.5B parking meter sale — after making it a little better (opens the original)
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Nearly 20 years ago, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley struck a deal that allowed him to avoid raising property taxes, but has come back to haunt him and Chicago ever since. On Tuesday, the City Council took a vote that made that lopsided agreement a little less onerous for Chicago taxpayers. The Council gave final approval to New York investment firm Stonepeak Partners’ $2.53 billion bid to acquire Chicago parking meters after Council leaders brokered a compromise to sweeten the sour deal for the cit
City Council faction draws line in sand in preelection budget battle with Mayor Brandon Johnson (opens the original)
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The 29-member City Council coalition that rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax on Monday laid the ground rules for the pre-election budget debate with three boundary lines: no property tax, no “head tax or tax on job growth” and no counting on money from Springfield not yet approved. With an $882.4 million shortfall looming less than five months before the mayoral election, Johnson has drawn his own line in the sand. He is staking his uphill battle for re-election on a promise to
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