Snow problem for Chicago

02/03/2011

Snowstorms like this week’s tend to stick in people’s heads for a long time. 1967 and 1979 live in infamy, as each wreaked havoc on the city and people’s lives.
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Mayor up for grabs

01/26/2011

Rahm Emanuel is off the mayoral ballot, the Illinois Appellate court said this week. Except not, because the Illinois Supreme Court said he should be on it — until they decide.
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New school not enough

01/19/2011

When parents and neighbors packed the lunchroom at St. Ignatius College Prep in University Village earlier this month to talk about a new West Loop magnet school, it was obvious that the neighborhood’s educational options aren’t enough.
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Chicago Journal welcomes new editor

01/05/2011

Circling the neighborhoods outside of the Loop, things are changing. New businesses move in every day. New people move in every day. Old warehouses, rail yards and vacant lots are finding new purposes. Yet after years and years of topsy-turvy change, things are starting to settle down.
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Reality of top down power

Citizens lose

11/17/2010

As the paper goes to print Wednesday morning we are being told by good sources that two major issues dealing with the inequities of this great city are being bumped from expected action by the Chicago City Council and the Board of Education.
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Pass Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance

11/10/2010

It seems like a shoo in for the Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance to pass a full vote by the Chicago City Council Wednesday, providing the TIF funded law offered up by Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. (27) makes it through a committee vote set for Monday.
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Take care of those Chicago festivals

Summertime blues

11/03/2010

Recent stories in newspapers throughout the city have been stuck on the idea that the Mayor’s Office of Special Events (MOSE) will reduce the size and scope of summer festivals that have been summer highlights for a generation of Chicagoans.
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Get school debate in the open

10/20/2010

As Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman satisfies the Pilsen neighborhood’s school inequity issue, he faces continued pressure from families and leaders in University Village.
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Fioretti misses the mark with Homebuyers Bill of Rights

10/13/2010

As an aldermanic candidate who won office in 2007 in part on an anti-developer campaign, 2nd Ward leader Robert Fioretti last week missed the mark with his Homebuyers Bill of Rights as a balanced answer to hundreds of his now-displaced constituents, who have lost access to affordable housing as gentrification ran through his ward.
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Enough already

Chicago Bears need to step up

09/15/2010

It’s been 25 years. Give us what we want! It’s the Chicago Bears obligation as Chicago’s football team to stand up and provide victory at all cost. Nothing less will do! We’re long overdue for a replacement the Super Bowl Shuffle with a 21st century ditty.
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