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Posts tagged "Richard Daley"

Tillman torture suits adds Daley as a defendant

Tillman torture suits adds Daley as a defendant
There’s a new name listed as a defendant on a federal civil lawsuit about police torture in Chicago, one that anyone remotely familiar with the city will recognize: Richard M. Daley. Veteran Chicago journalist Carol Marin broke the blockbuster news yesterday, reporting in the Chicago Sun-Times that the city’s former mayor is sued as part... Read more »
By Micah Maidenberg,
August 11, 2011 at 12:10 pm
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The devastated housing market on Chicago's South and West sides during the Daley era

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley will be remembered for the rise of shiny, new downtown condominiums and the fall of towering public housing buildings. But his tenure should also be remembered for declining homeownership and the dramatic rise of cost-burdened renters and home owners in many of Chicago’s South and West side communities. In a... Read more »
By CRIntern,
June 5, 2011 at 7:45 am
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The legacy of Richard M. Daley on Chicago's South and West sides

The Chicago Reporter looks back at the track record of Chicago’s longest-serving mayor in some of the city’s most under-served communities. While Richard M. Daley has received praise for restoring the city’s downtown and establishing Chicago as a “global” city, his performance in lower-income communities on the city’s South and West sides are met with... Read more »
By CRIntern,
May 31, 2011 at 12:09 pm
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Is Chicago that different than Egypt? You might be surprised.

On Friday’s edition of the Barbershop Show, our weekly radio broadcast on Vocalo from Carter’s Barbershop in Lawndale, we asked the question: Could it happen here? “It” was three major world events–the possible nuclear meltdown in Japan, Egypt’s popular revolution and Wisconsin’s struggle over collective bargaining rights. It was my job to research Egypt, and... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
March 21, 2011 at 8:34 am
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Chicago's next female mayor

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Chicago’s first female mayor, Jane Byrne. The City of Chicago hasn’t had a female mayor since Jane Byrne was elected in 1979–the first and only woman to run Chicago. I was certain that when Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he wouldn’t seek an unprecedented 7th term, certainly plenty of women would join the fray of... Read more »
By KimbriellKelly,
September 30, 2010 at 2:01 pm
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Muckraking: Chicago Reader uncovers Daley's secret budget

Mayor Richard M. Daley is operating a publicly funded city budget that’s entirely off the books, according to a Chicago Reader investigation. The shadow budget includes a rehab of Willis Tower, subsidies for privately run hospitals and Fortune 500 corporations, and neighborhood projects not included in the official city budget. Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky... Read more »
By JeffKellyLowenstein,
October 29, 2009 at 4:21 pm
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