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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:17pm
Thu Apr 30, 2009

Daley Stands With The Republic Workers ... Five Months Later

Richard Daley

Somehow we failed to notice that Mayor Daley was there on Monday during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the former Republic Windows factory (which Serious Materials since reopened). Watch his remarks:

This is a great occasion to drop down ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:31pm
Thu Apr 23, 2009

SEIU Poll: The Public's Spending Priorities

Chicago City Council

Yesterday, we documented how a citywide poll conducted in late March for the SEIU Illinois State Council (which sponsors this website) found that Mayor Daley's approval rating is at an all-time low and that Chicagoans want a more active and assertive City Council.  Indeed, 84 ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:15pm
Wed Apr 22, 2009
3 comments

SEIU Poll: Chicagoans Want City Council To Step Up

Richard Daley

In our initial post on the citywide poll conducted for SEIU Illinois in late March, we highlighted the data suggesting a majority of Chicagoans disapprove of the job Mayor Daley is doing and think the city is on the wrong track.  So what is the public's view of the City ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:27am
Wed Apr 22, 2009
9 comments

SEIU Poll: Daley Approval Rating At 41%

SEIU

On WTTW on April 10, Tribune editorial page editor Bruce Dold remarked that Mayor Daley has "had a tough year" and wondered whether "there is a little more anger about the mayor on a bunch of nuts-and-bolts things."  Now comes evidence that the mayor's job ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
9:05am
Tue Apr 21, 2009
1 comment

Tribune: TIF System Is Daley's "Glorified Slush Fund"

Chicago City Council

As we mentioned yesterday, Alds. Manny Flores (1st Ward) and Scott Waguespack's (32nd Ward) TIF Sunshine Ordinance is getting a second committee hearing this morning, after being tabled by Ald. Marge Laurino (39th Ward) last month.  Today, the Tribune editorial board joined ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:01pm
Thu Apr 9, 2009
2 comments

Progressive Groups Gearing Up To Pressure Daley On Economic Recovery

Tax Increment Financing

At a lunch meeting on Tuesday, the SEIU Illinois State Council (which sponsors this website) brought together representatives from 30 Chicago-based progressive organizations to start a discussion around the following question: Beyond taking advantage of efforts at the state ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:18pm
Wed Apr 8, 2009

Uncertainty Surrounds Clinic Closures

Health Care

Late yesterday afternoon, mental health advocates were pleasantly surprised to learn that Mayor Daley had
put a temporary hold
on the city's plan to close four South Side clinics run
by the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). The mayor said he
wanted to gather ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:44am
Tue Apr 7, 2009

"Coincidental" Pothole Repair

Richard Daley

Yesterday, members of the organization Action Now gathered on Chicago's Garfield Boulevard to protest the "unfair and unequal distribution of resources in the
City of
Chicago," particularly with regards to pothole repair.  The group located the rally about four ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:34pm
Mon Apr 6, 2009

Letting Daley Off The Hook

Richard Daley

Today, community activists protesting the scheduled closure of four Chicago mental health clinics held a sit-in at Mayor Daley's office before being ushered into a meeting with his chief of staff.  The Tribune's Hal Dardick concludes his report on the incident with this ...