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CN March 14 2019
It’s a double header this week as we’re visited first by the great Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader) and then by former Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas. Dukmasova expresses some surprise at the strength of the resistance to two big votes yesterday … Continue reading
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Tagged Ald. Scott Waguespack, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Chicago budget, Chicago Police Training Academy, Chicago Reader, Deb Mell, Joe Moore, Lesie Hairston, Lincoln Yards, Lori Lightfoot, Maya Dukmasova, Michelle Smith, Mille Santiago, Paul Vallas, Pension debt, Proco Joe Moreno, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley, Roberto Moldonado, Toni Preckwinkle
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CN March 7 2019
Willie Wilson and Ja’Mal Green dropped by today for two separate interviews about the Mayor’s race, a bunch of Aldermanic races, Bernie Sanders and the role each of them is playing in this important period – after they didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Ja'Ma Green, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Willie WI.liams
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CN February 28 2019
Here’s our election wrap-up with talk host and political analyst Bruce DuMont and political activist Jacky Grimshaw, who was an advisor to Mayor Harold Washington. The journalists on our panel are two of Chicago’s most respected reporters – The Daily … Continue reading
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CN Feb 21 2019
The “March to Inevitability” edition Two of Chicago’s most knowledgeable political reporters join us this week for a head-spinning discussion about the crazy municipal election we’re all enduring. WGN-TV’s Tahman Bradley and the Daily Line’s Heather Cherone say there’s never … Continue reading
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Tagged Are we seeing the"March to Inevitability" with Mayor Bill Daley taking office on May 15? Tahman Bradley (WGN TV) says maybe. @HeatherCherone, Bill Daley, early voting, election night, February 26 election, Garry McCarthy, Heather Cherone, Lori Lightfoot, mail-in ballots, Paul Vallas, Susana Mendoza, Tahman Bradley, Toni Preckwinkle, Willie Wilson
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CN Feb 14 2019
In a searing suite of articles and digital posts over recent months, ProPublica Illinois’ Melissa Sanchez and WBEZ’s Elliott Ramos have laid out for us the particulars of the City’s program to punish “scofflaws” who fail to pay city … Continue reading
CN February 7 2019
Our guest this week is Mayoral contender Bob Fioretti, the former alderman of the second Ward. Here are some highlights from our conversation: On the role Danny Solis played in carving up the second Ward, moving Fioretti’s Ward away from … Continue reading
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CN January 17 2019
Ben Joravsky’s not on the radio any more. He lost his popular radio show on WCPT in, let’s just say, an abrupt fashion. “About eight days before I was fired this fellow Pinsky called me in for a delicious … Continue reading
