10/24/20: "October City Council: aldermen pump brakes on contracting and TIF"
Inside Chicago Government
English - October 25, 2020 03:40 - 7 minutes - 2.29 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsNews chicago glowacz government joravsky public Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 10/6/20: "Aldermen arise and compromise in late summer councils"
Next Episode: 10/17/20: "How to vote for Cook County judges"
In an interview with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave react to audio from October 2020 meetings of the Chicago City Council. In the standard version, aldermen want more say in approving TIF-funded projects. In the premium version: how minority-owned businesses get city contracts; how a proposed affordable housing ordinance got sidelined; and a proposed end to funding for cops in schools. (For the full-length version, subscribe at chigov.com.) Length 7.8 minutes.