Category: Legislation
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City Council Resolution: Recognition extended to Smart Chicago for efforts to promote digital democracy
Today in City Council, Chicago City Clerk Susana A. Mendoza sponsored a resolution that was moved by Edward M. Burke, seconded by John Pope, and passed by the full City Council which resolved that “the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this tenth day of September 2014, do hereby…
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LEGISLATION: Open Cook County Plan
I advised Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey and his aides on the drafting of an ordinance for the Open Cook County Plan, which was announced today.
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LEGISLATION: Olympic Oversight Ordinance
Today Alderman Manny Flores of Chicago’s First Ward introduced an ordinance that mandates greater oversight of the Chicago 2016 Bid Committee. I assisted the Alderman in the development of language calling for the release of financial data and other public documents.See some news coverage and download the entire PDF of the ordinance here.
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LEGISLATION: Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: City Council keeping info in TIF funds in black hole
Here’s an editorial in today’s Sun-Times.www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1488786,CST-EDT-edit22b….March 22, 2009It was a modest proposal. Two aldermen, Manny Flores and Scott Waguespack, suggested shedding some light on the city’s TIF district deals by putting information on the Internet.TIF stands for tax increment financing, but as we have explained before, this is what they really are: Mayor Daley’s private…