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Attorney Gery Chico was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in 2011, finishing second in the election. Past positions include Chairman of Chicago City Colleges (2010); President of Chicago Park District (2007-2010); Commissioner, Public Building Commission as park district president; President of Chicago Public Schools (1995-2001); Chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley (1992-1995); founding partner at Chico & Nunes law firm (2004 – present); attorney at Arnstein & Lehr (2003-2004); senior partner Altheimer & Gray law firm (1996-2003). He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from University of Illinois-Chicago (1979), and his law degree from Loyola University School of Law (1985. )C...
Attorney Gery Chico was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in 2011, finishing second in the election. Past positions include Chairman of Chicago City Colleges (2010); President of Chicago Park District (2007-2010); Commissioner, Public Building Commission as park district president; President of Chicago Public Schools (1995-2001); Chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley (1992-1995); founding partner at Chico & Nunes law firm (2004 – present); attorney at Arnstein & Lehr (2003-2004); senior partner Altheimer & Gray law firm (1996-2003). He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from University of Illinois-Chicago (1979), and his law degree from Loyola University School of Law (1985. )Chico is married (one divorce) with five children.
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Former White House chief of staff elected mayor of Chicago
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected mayor of Chicago, to succeed the retiring Richard Daley. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was trouncing five opponents Tuesday with 55 percent of the vote to avoid an...Tags: Miguel Del Valle, Chicago Elections, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Local Elections
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Emanuel's Chicagoness an issue to many
Rahm Emanuel is a North Shore-bred millionaire who trained as a ballet dancer and vacations in Vietnam. It's part of the back story to his hard-charging, ran-the-White-House public persona. It's also an image, perhaps, that has led a majority of...
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State education chairman calls for funding increase
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education today called on lawmakers to increase funding school funding by $874 million at a time when the state treasury is so short on cash that Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed cuts. “We...Tags: Justice System, Budgets and Budgeting, Pat Quinn, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Public Schools
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Gutierrez hopes for immigration action after Easter recess
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON – Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, a key player in the bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform, said today he is hopeful that Congress will act on the issue in early April after the Easter recess. "Immigration is...Tags: Barack Obama, Immigration, Chicago Elections, Politics, Local Elections
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Rep. Gutierrez hopes for immigration action after Easter recess
WASHINGTON – Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez of Chicago, a key player in the bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform, said Tuesday that he is hopeful that Congress will act on the issue in early April after the Easter recess. “...Tags: Barack Obama, Immigration, Chicago Elections, Politics, Local Elections
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New law will hold companies accountable for repeat-offender cabdrivers
Chicago Tribune reportersChicago has long had rules to punish taxi companies that allow dangerous cabbies to drive their vehicles, but those rules have rarely been enforced. A Tribune investigation found that in only two cases since 2008 did city regulators try to impose fines...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Punishment, Rahm Emanuel, Judges
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Dining on cracked crystal for 2011 yet predicting fearlessly for 2012
Change of SubjectTwelve months ago, as is my custom, I asked readers to offer their best guesses as to what 2011 would bring, then offered my own predictions. How'd we do? On six of the 18 questions, readers and I were correct...... -
Chicago's words of the year
It has been, in ways both political and grammatical, the year of Rahm.
The Oxford Dictionaries folks can have "squeezed middle," their pick for 2011's global word of the year. It refers, you've probably heard, to the segment of society most affected by...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Rentals, Facebook, Services and Shopping, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago puts lobbyists' pay online
Tribune reportersChicago City Hall lobbyists were paid nearly $13 million last year, according to records the city posted online Thursday. The 10 lobbyists who were paid the most to influence city departments and aldermen collected more than $5 million. Among the...Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Lobbying, Symantec Corp., Chicago Elections, Cook County Government
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Black and white creates gray area in fire department mileage scandal
Change of SubjectI believe I now know why Mayor Rahm Emanuel was so measured, so passionless, in responding to reports last week about widespread mileage-reimbursement fraud in the city’s Fire Prevention Bureau. Word had leaked out that an investigation by city... -
Illinois Senate won't vote on limiting state worker unionizing
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois Senate won’t vote today on a measure pushed by Gov. Pat Quinn to limit collective bargaining rights for thousands of state workers. The Democratic governor had hoped for a vote while legislators were in Springfield this...Tags: Chicago, Unions, Chicago Elections, Politics, Illinois General Assembly
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