50th Ward Illuminated
June 11 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF 101, TIF News, TIF Town Meeting, Training70 people made it to the Devon Bank Tuesday night to see the TIFs of the 50th Ward Illuminated. Ben Joravsky, political reporter for The Chicago Reader, gave a great talk and urged all the attendees to call their Alderman and demand that she vote against the proposed massive public subsidy for a DePaul stadium in the South Loop. Here is the presentation. The audio is 45 minutes long.
Time To Illuminate The 50th!
June 7 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF News, TIF Town Meeting, TrainingWe’re heading north on June 11 to Illuminate the four TIFs in the 50th ward. Details and RSVP via Facebook @ http://tinyurl.com/TIF-Forum-June-11.... Read more
11th and 12th Wards Illuminated!
June 6 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF News, TIF Town Meeting, TrainingIt was a packed house at the McKinley Park Library for the 11th and 12th Ward Illumination. The TIF Illumination Project lit... Read more
11th & 12th Wards To Be Illuminated!
June 1 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF 101, TIF News, TIF Town Meeting, Training11th Ward TIF Illumination Preview
May 30 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Research, TIF 101, TIF News, TIF Town MeetingCheck out this ten minute interview from Outside The Loop radio to get an overview of TIFs and a sneak preview of... Read more
Inside Story Of TIF Abuse Plus A Call To Get involved
May 20 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Tax Scams, TIF Abuse, TIF News, TIF Town MeetingThis post was contributed by a person who has attended several of our TIF town meetings. I work for a Chicago company that... Read more
DePaul Wants $103 Million Of Public Funding For New Stadium Complex
May 17 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Tax Scams, TIF Abuse, TIF NewsThe Mayor has announced plans for hundreds of millions of dollars on tourism-related construction, including 10,000 seat basketball arena for DePaul University... Read more
Coverage Of 4th Ward Illumination
May 14 | Posted by Tom Tresser | In The News, Research, TIF 101, TIF News, TIF Town MeetingDespite a Bull’s playoff game 50 people came Room 43 on Monday, May 13 for the 4th Ward Illumination. Read the... Read more
4th Ward TIFs To Be Illuminated!
May 11 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Public Education+Organizing, Research, TIF 101, TIF News, TIF Town MeetingIt’s time to shed some light on the 11 TIFs inside the 4th Ward. Join us on Monday, May 13 at... Read more
Pass The Privatization Transparency Ordinance
April 27 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Privatization, Public Action, Public Education+Organizing, Research, Tax Scams, TIF NewsIs your alderman on the list of sponsors of the Privatization Transparency Ordinance”? If so, call them and tell them to get... Read more
Opponents Shut Out Of Alderman’s “Advisory” Committee
April 24 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Public Education+Organizing, TIF 101, TIF Abuse, TIF NewsIt was Mayor Daley (I and II) all over again. In the old days, when an alderman dared to question the mayor... Read more
A Brief History OF TIF Transparency
April 22 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Research, TIF 101, TIF NewsLong time Rogers Park activist Don Gordon summarizes the TIF program from the point of view of transparency online at Chicago Now. When... Read more
