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One of the most powerful and influential of America's big-city mayors, Richard M. Daley served six terms as Chicago's mayor. First elected in 1989, Daley was the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history, eclipsing the record set by his father, mentor and role model, the late Mayor Richard J. Daley. Richard M. Daley chose not to run for re-election in the 2011 campaign.
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing an...
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing an...
One of the most powerful and influential of America's big-city mayors, Richard M. Daley served six terms as Chicago's mayor. First elected in 1989, Daley was the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history, eclipsing the record set by his father, mentor and role model, the late Mayor Richard J. Daley. Richard M. Daley chose not to run for re-election in the 2011 campaign.
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing and invested heavily in the city's infrastructure in projects ranging from Millennium Park to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. He also launched a beautification effort that included wrought-iron fencing on public properties and installation of planters, trees and landscaping citywide. Daley's time at the helm also was marked by federal investigations that uncovered contracting irregularities and what prosecutors called "massive fraud" in hiring and promotions designed to reward political loyalists. A top aide was sentenced to prison in the personnel scheme.
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing and invested heavily in the city's infrastructure in projects ranging from Millennium Park to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. He also launched a beautification effort that included wrought-iron fencing on public properties and installation of planters, trees and landscaping citywide. Daley's time at the helm also was marked by federal investigations that uncovered contracting irregularities and what prosecutors called "massive fraud" in hiring and promotions designed to reward political loyalists. A top aide was sentenced to prison in the personnel scheme.
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Selling off our assets not that far-fetched
timr@herald-mail.comPeople in Washington County should concern themselves with the following passage from the Chicago Tribune, which appeared two days after Christmas: “In an annual ritual that has become as predictable if not as joyous as a New Year’s Eve...Tags: Pennsylvania Turnpike, Photography Supplies and Services, Chicago Tribune, Budgets and Budgeting, Services and Shopping
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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: Rahm Emanuel, Politics, Carol Moseley Braun, Miguel Del Valle, Local Elections
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Editorial: Mayor Difficult -- Has Emanuel alienated Chicagoans?
Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Funds for Mag Mile median gardens not blooming
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds The tulips on Michigan Avenue are a staple of spring in Chicago, but a decline in contributions to the project's sponsoring organization may force future plantings to be scaled back. John Chikow, president of the Greater North...... -
Editorial: 24 aldermen rushed to praise new meter deal
Aldermen, have your heads stopped spinning over all the details in that McCormick Place/Navy Pier megadeal announced Thursday? If so, we have some questions for you. No, not about that megadeal. About the last megadeal. The one on revising the parking...
Tags: Emma Mitts, Michael Zalewski, Carrie Austin, Politics, Jason C. Ervin
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Inspector general blasts red light ticket program
Clout StreetCity Hall cannot back up claims that its controversial red-light camera program is designed to make intersections safer, according to a watchdog's report released Tuesday. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said the city cannot provide documents to prove...Tags: Bribery, Rahm Emanuel, Corporate Crime, Chicago Mayor, Chicago City Hall
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Editorial: The 'missing piece'
Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent much of Thursday fleshing out the funding details for "Elevate Chicago," his grand plan to raise the city's profile as a tourism and convention destination. With an expanded McCormick Place and a re-imagined Navy Pier coming...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, DePaul University, Economy, Business and Finance, Navy Pier, Soldier Field
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Nearly half polled favor Emanuel's shortened Taste
Chicago mayors have been scaling back the Taste of Chicago and the hoopla surrounding it for years. That downsizing is playing well among white voters but proving unpopular among African-Americans and Latinos, according to a Tribune/WGN-TV poll. The...
Tags: Restaurants, Rahm Emanuel, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Mayor
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Making sense of scandals
The Obama administration's first term was remarkably free of scandals. The second term is making up for lost time. Some of the President Barack Obama's harshest critics have even begun comparing him to President Richard Nixon, a byword for corruption,...Tags: Richard Nixon, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sebelius, Karl Rove
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Trump takes the stand at federal trial in Chicago
He might be the best-known businessman in America, but real estate mogul and TV celebrity Donald Trump left nothing to chance when he took the witness stand Tuesday at a federal trial in Chicago. "Donald John Trump," he answered when asked to state...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Breach of Contract, Prosecution, Services and Shopping, Real Estate
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Editorial: An independent set of eyes
In the cold light of day, the 2008 contract between the city of Chicago and Chicago Parking Meters LLC looks a lot like a $1.2 billion payday loan. That's the apt observation of freshman Ald. Ameya Pawar, 47th, as the City Council prepares to vote on...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Midway Airport, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Mayor
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Prosecutor: Koschman grand jury should finish by July
Tribune reporterThe special prosecutor who brought an involuntary manslaughter charge against former Mayor Richard Daley's nephew expects to wrap up a broader grand jury probe of Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors by July. Attorney Stephen Senderowitz, standing...Tags: Trials, Chicago Sun-Times, Prosecution, Rolling Meadows, Witnesses
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