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Emanuel parking meter deal changes get nod
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top City Council ally on Monday predicted approval of the mayor's plan to revise the city's much-reviled, long-term parking meter lease after it easily cleared its initial hurdle. The Finance Committee voted 15-6 to advance Emanuel'...
Tags: Public Officials, Patrick J. O'Connor, Government, Richard M. Daley, Navigant Consulting Incorporated
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Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel's parking meter changes
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to change the terms of the city’s parking meter lease despite questions about the deal’s financial impact and fear of giving Chicago Parking Meters LLC...Tags: Gold Coast, Robert Fioretti, Richard M. Daley, John Arena, Politics
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Aldermen working to restore paid Sunday parking meters
Even before the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for free Sunday neighborhood parking, more than a dozen aldermen were making plans to quickly restore paid parking throughout the weekend in business districts stretching...
Tags: Public Officials, Robert Fioretti, Richard M. Daley, Nicholas Sposato, Government
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The new parking-meter deal: Break it apart or throw it out
Change of SubjectThis item from Friday, as revised, appears in my Sunday print column Chicago Parking Meters LLC rolled us once. In 2008, the company struck a deal with Mayor Richard Daley and a compliant City Council that gave it control of...... -
Facing heat on parking meter deal, Emanuel allies step up
Facing heat from aldermen who want to break apart Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new deal with the company running the city’s parking meters, the mayor’s City Council allies took the unusual step Thursday of trumpeting support, but only for part...
Tags: Ameya Pawar, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Local Government
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Aldermen fret new deal will feed meter firm's profits
Skeptical aldermen took aim Friday at Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to revamp the much-reviled parking meter lease, warning that his proposal to trade longer meter hours for free Sundays could turn into yet another financial boon for the company holding the...
Tags: Gold Coast, Joseph A. Moore, Richard M. Daley, Scott Waguespack, Rahm Emanuel
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Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor, analysis finds
Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal, a Tribune analysis has found. Most of the extra...
Tags: Ameya Pawar, Economy, Business and Finance, John Arena, Scott Waguespack, Finance
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Aldermen endorse tweak to horse carriage regulation
Tribune reporterHorse carriages that trot through Chicago’s ritzy neighborhoods would have to display minimum and maximum temperatures of operation under a measure a City Council committee endorsed Thursday. Although two carriage operators backed the proposal,...Tags: Weather, Magnificent Mile, Weather Reports, Chicago Weather
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Chicago parking tax changes pass despite opposition
Clout StreetMany folks who park in a Chicago garage or lot will pay more come July under a new tax structure the City Council approved today despite objections from the hotel industry. Six aldermen, including Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, who represents downtown,...Tags: Public Officials, Michael D. Chandler, Robert Fioretti, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Government
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Parking taxes could rise for premium spots
Clout StreetMany folks who park in a Chicago garage or lot would pay more come July under a proposal the City Council Finance Committee endorsed Monday despite objections from the hotel industry. Anyone who pays a parking fee of more than $25 for a weekday, $125...Tags: Public Officials, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Government, Politics, Rahm Emanuel
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Wolf Point tower development clears first hurdle
Clout StreetThe Chicago Plan Commission today approved a proposal to build a three-tower complex downtown on historic Wolf Point on the bank of the Chicago River. The panel voted only to allow construction to begin on the westernmost tower on the parcel, which...Tags: Merchandise Mart
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Later hours proposed for restaurant patios
RedEyeOutdoor patios downtown, in the Gold Coast and in River North could continue to stay open an hour later than spots in other neighborhoods during the week under a proposal put forth by an alderman. Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) on Thursday introduced an...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry
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