CHICAGO, July 28 (Reuters) – Chicago will set up additional shelters for unaccompanied immigrant children to be funded by the federal government and run by local charities, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Monday. Increasing numbers of children, mostly from crime-plagued Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, are crossing into the United …
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Rahm Emanuel on David Letterman September 9th, 2013
Rahm Recorded reporters’ conversations without consent…
BY CAROL MARIN cmarin@suntimes.com November 13, 2012 7:40PM Emanuel downplays eavesdrop act Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at a Monday news conference, didn’t like questions about whether his press office had recorded reporters’ conversations without first seeking their consent. That’s a big no-no under the Illinois Eavesdropping Act, one of the toughest …
Read More »Melting the Rubber Stamp: Chicago’s Unelected Board of Education
By joel • Sep 12, 2012 • Print-Friendly The seven members of Chicago’s Board of Education, along with CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, are, in theory, responsible for the governance of the city’s schools. In reality, they are only accountable to the man that appointed them—Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As anyone who has …
Read More »Emanuel speed camera ticket measure approved
By Kristen Mack, Hal Dardick and John Byrne Clout Street 3:05 p.m. CDT, April 18, 2012 Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial speed-camera ordinance that would ding violators with tickets of up to $100 won Chicago City Council approval today. The 33-14 vote came after the mayor made changes to the camera …
Read More »Rahm Emanuel, if you are on No Fly List, No Gun!
Does Rahm Blame Daley For City Violence?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel went on the defensive Thursday about a surge of recent homicides in Chicago and questioned why new law enforcement tactics hadn’t been created before he was elected 10 months ago. “You can say, ‘Are you doing it right,'” Emanuel said, “but the question is, ‘Why were those …
Read More »Aldermen insist questions remain on mayor’s Infrastructure Trust proposal
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to have five financing giants bankroll $1.7 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects ran into opposition Monday from aldermen concerned about “hidden fees” and long-term leasing of city assets. During closed-door briefings with aldermen, sources said Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott …
Read More »NATO Summit Security Spending Tops $1 Million
The city has shelled out more than $1 million in potential NATO related security costs so far, with an untold amount of spending still to come. From riot helmets to surveillance equipment, it appears the NATO summits and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new purchasing powers have allowed for the purchase of …
Read More »VIDEO: Emanuel outlines his $7.2 billion “Building a New Chicago” program
VIDEO: Emanuel outlines his $7.2 billion “Building a New Chicago” program
Read More »Mayor’s office buys 8,513 more face shields for NATO summit
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com March 21, 2012 7:54PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is buying 8,513 more face shields for Chicago Police officers at a cost of $757,657 — and demanding delivery in time for the May 20-21 NATO summit — to give every officer on the street …
Read More »Emanuel Disavows 25% of School Kids, Says CTU
By Mary Ann Ahern Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012 Karen Lewis, the Chicago Teacher’s Union President, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel have a testy relationship at best. But it wasn’t always that way. The two leaders met privately last year ahead of Emanuel’s inauguration. They went for dinner and to attend a …
Read More »Emanuel’s Protest-Squashing “Sit Down and Shut Up” Ordinance Passes in Chicago
First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of …
Read More »Chicago’s Godfather Emanuel Doubles and Triples Fines for Minor Offenses
RAN SPIELMAN The Chicago Sun-Times November 7, 2011 Editor’s note: Allowing weeds to grow will cost residents between $600-to-$1,200-a-day. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said his plan to raise taxes, fines and fees by $220 million in 2012 includes higher fines for a laundry list of offenses, but he has yet …
Read More »Daley to leave White House after election
White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said Tuesday he will leave his job after the 2012 election. “I made a commitment with the president through his re-election, which I am confident he will do,” Mr. Daley told NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago. “Then my wife and I will be …
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