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21 May 2017, 12:00 am
The review is, ironically, behind a paywall.Also in the Journal, Julia Vitullo-Martin reviews Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein, which summarizes the political shift Phillips-Fein describes: “Koch was a business-oriented mayor not because he liked “the richies,” but because he needed their taxes to pay for services for the poor. [read post]
12 May 2017, 6:15 am
Illinois – Ethics Board Rejects Watchdog Recommendation That City Officials Report LobbyingChicago Tribune – Hal Dardick | Published: 5/9/2017 Chicago’s reinvigorated Board of Ethics has been flexing its muscle against lobbyists who emailed Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the mayor’s private accounts and failed either to register or report their lobbying activities. [read post]
7 May 2017, 1:57 pm
Politico: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Trump administration pulling down its website detailing information about climate change: putting up his own. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 10:49 am
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel said in 2008 that “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 6:00 am
The administration’s public statements over the last few months have done little to clarify what the executive order does and does not do—though in a special meeting with mayors on Tuesday, Sessions suddenly emphasized the narrow, § 1373-based interpretation the DOJ has carefully articulated in court and which I argued for here. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 9:05 pm
” [Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids] Chicago Mayor Emanuel’s “life plan or no diploma” scheme meddles in grads’ lives [Amy Alkon] Sounds like must viewing: School, Inc. is a three-part documentary on state of US education system based on work of late Cato scholar Andrew Coulson; On both health care and K-12, U.S. tops the charts in cost but not in outcome quality. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 5:20 am
Illinois – Ethics Board Expands Illegal Lobbying Review after Tribune Report on Emanuel EmailChicago Tribune – Bill Ruthhart | Published: 4/19/2017 The Chicago Board of Ethics found probable cause that an additional eight individuals and the companies they represent violated the city’s lobbying law over emails exchanges with Mayor Rahm Emmanuel. [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 6:37 am
News & World Report Ethics Illinois: “Independent Contractor Exemption Suffers Surprise Council Defeat” by Fran Spielman for Chicago Sun-Times New Jersey: “Ex-Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco Gets 27 Months in Prison” by Richard Cowan and Kaitlin Kanzler for Bergen Record Texas: “TABC Chief Will Resign after Agency Used Your Tax Dollars to Travel to Booze Industry Conferences” by Dagney Pruner for Dallas News Elections Georgia: “Jon Ossoff, a… [read post]
24 Mar 2017, 6:07 am
Illinois – Emails to Emanuel Raise Questions About Dozens of Possible Lobbying Violations Chicago Tribune – Bill Ruthhart and Hal Dardick | Published: 3/21/2017 The Chicago Tribune reviewed over 2,600 pages of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s personal emails, and found 26 instances where lobbyists, corporate executives, and longtime Emanuel associates and campaign donors sought action from, or access to, the mayor or city officials but… [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 12:47 pm
Como estadounidense de primera generación, Jaresko fue criada por padres inmigrantes ucranianos en Chicago. [read post]
Sanctuary 101, Part I: What Trump’s Executive Order Doesn’t Do, Cannot Do, and Has Little To Do With
13 Mar 2017, 11:11 am
As noted by the Miami Herald, Miami-Dade did not restrict the sharing of such information with ICE regarding people in its custody—unlike, say, Chicago. [read post]
Criminal law & immigration – Keep state & local governments out of enforcing federal immigration law
4 Mar 2017, 6:21 pm
Praised be such cities as Chicago who put their foot down against such nonsense (which for the first time gives has me praising its mayor, Rahm Emanuel). [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 6:31 am
National: Companies Lobbying Government Keep Spending Secret from Shareholders: ReportInternational Business Times – David Sirota | Published: 3/1/2017 A new report finds just 12 percent of publicly traded corporations in the S&P 500 disclose their lobbying expenditures to shareholders. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 12:56 pm
READ MORE | Report by Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council Chicago car accident attorney and transportation expert Jeffrey J. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 2:45 am
He missed Roosevelt but fatally wounded Chicago mayor Anton Cermak. [read post]
18 Feb 2017, 7:00 am
Enlarge / David Plouffe (credit: Warren Little/Getty Images) Chicago's Board of Ethics is handing a former Uber executive a $90,000 fine for illegally lobbying the city's mayor over ride-sharing privileges at the city's two airports. [read post]
Notable accounting of what Mayor Emanuel sought from AG Sessions to deal with Chicago's gun violence
16 Feb 2017, 8:24 am
12 Feb 2017, 9:30 pm
Chicago officials have said they would work with the federal government to reach an agreement to address these findings, but the status of federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore are uncertain under the Trump Administration. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 6:21 am
The mayor later booted the company out of the city, giving Xerox a similar red-light camera contract. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 10:42 am
Mayor Declares Prospect Park Sanctuary: The mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, Mohamed Khairullah, has signed an executive order to declare Prospect Park a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. [read post]
