Three delegates from No Games Chicago went to the world headquarters of the International Olympic Committee this evening in Lausanne, Switzerland. We came with copies of our “Book of Evidence”which has 160 pages of news reports and articles from the past five years backing up our four main reasons why Chicago should not get the …
As reported in Crain’s Chicago Business: The city of Chicago announced Friday that it has been forced to send layoff notices to 1,504 unionized employees, job losses it claims could have been avoided if union leaders would have agreed to bargain on certain contract concessions. While the cuts were expected, the total number tops the …
As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times, Up to 1,000 Chicago Public Schools non-classroom employees will lose their jobs this year under a reorganization to save $100 million. About half the layoffs will hit central office — 27 percent of employees there — in the next two weeks, while another 500 will be cut from citywide …
As reported on the Progress Illinois blog: Over the past month, Mayor Daley’s tax increment financing (TIF) system has attracted some much-needed scrutiny. First came the news that the city is forking over $3.8 million to insurance giant Willis Group Holdings to refurbish their swank new Sears Tower headquarters (despite the fact that the company’s …
As reported in the Chicago Tribune: As Chicago awaits judgment of international Olympics evaluators, the city’s bid committee has been hard at work in Washington lining up White House backing and employing a well-connected lobbying firm to lay the groundwork for shaking loose federal dollars in the event the 2016 Summer Games come to northern …
Wow. Talk about an angry and heart-felt column. You’ve got to read all of Rick Telander’s column today. The headline says it all: “Chicago doesn’t deserve the 2016 Olympics. Blantly corrupt of simply stupid? City unworthy of 2016 games.” There are times when you get sent to your room without dessert. Without dinner, even. This …
The Reader reports that the plans for the 2016 games keeps shifting and the community keeps loosing as those plans shift. Back in 2007, when Mayor Daley was unveiling his Olympic plans, he promised the games would bring a swimming pool to the west side. And not just any swimming pool, but a $78 million …
The City of Chicago’s Inspector General, David Hoffman, today released a critical review of the parking meter deal and concluded that the deal was under-valued by at least $974 million! The report finds that if the City were to keep control of the parking-meter system and operate it under the same terms as the private …
As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times: City pension officials have been hit with subpoenas from a federal grand jury trying to determine how a start-up company co-owned by Mayor Daley’s nephew won $68 million in pension investments. The grand jury issued the subpoenas Wednesday, nearly two months after city pension officials refused to comply with …