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Critics say the city is suffering from mismanagement and from the cost of Mayor Richard Daley's pet projects, among them the recently completed $475 million Millennium Park. "We don't want to cut services or raise property taxes. That's political suicide," says city alderman Ricardo Muoz. "So the tighter the budget gets, the more creative we get." The latest budget draft hikes the sales tax from 8.75% to 9%, the highest among big U.S. cities. And Daley has backed an idea to fine people caught with small amounts of marijuana instead of arresting them--proof once again...
...vote this evening puts the matter to rest as far as the Board of Aldermen,” said Alderman William A. White ’77 last night...
...vote tonight really is a symbolic one,” said William A. White ’77, a Somerville alderman. “The type of proposal we have before us tonight would not accomplish anything in the long...
...story about what might be. In the past year, Obama has been compared, in all seriousness, to Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bill Clinton. Democrats debate whether he should run for President in 2012 or 2016. "No Chicago pol has heard this kind of flattery since an alderman compared Richard J. Daley to Jesus Christ," noted the Chicago Reader...
...local Democratic Party Committees consider themselves the most powerful force in politics, and for good reason. Public works projects in St. Louis are marked with two signs. One tells drivers what is being built and the other announces that the project is brought to you by the local ward alderman. Construction workers, contractors and others who benefit from public works have no question who is responsible for their livelihood. On election day, a Democratic Party poll worker hands voters a sample ballot indicating who the ward Democratic machine has endorsed. For voters who are constantly being reminded that they...