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Tax Scams
Alderman Mell Wouldn’t Screw Us, Would He?
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Tom Tresser
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Apr 19, 2013
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Alderman Dick Mell is blocking a vote on a bill that would make privatization deals in the city more transparent and S L O W them down. “Introduced...
And It Stinks
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Tom Tresser
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Apr 15, 2013
Check out this comprehensive article on the Chicago Infrastructure Trust from Next City. CivicLab co-founder Tom Tresser is the voice of dissent in the piece. But the presence of the ad by Mayer...
Illinois Gulity Of Pension Ponzi Scheme
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Tom Tresser
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Mar 12, 2013
How bad are Illinois’ finances? Would you believe bad enough to be called illegal by the SEC? According to The Chicago Tribune, “Illinois broke federal securities laws and “misled investors” in misstating the...
JDL Development To Get $32 Million In Public Funds – Huh?
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Tom Tresser
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Mar 5, 2013
Does this area look blighted to you? Across the street from Lincoln Park? Really? This image is an early rendering of a luxury residence with shops and parking proposed for the former site...
Property Tax Gifts To Business Don’t Work
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Tom Tresser
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Jan 8, 2013
The sober analysts at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy issued a report in 2012 entitled “Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business.” They don’t waste any time cutting to the chase. “The use...
MO. City Gave Millions For “Economic Development,” Got Hosed
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 18, 2012
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch comes a story of a economic development deal gone very bad. A city showers a private company with tens of millions of dollars from the taxpayers in hopes...
IL Gives Out $1.5 Billion Annually To Corporations – We Are NOT Broke
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 2, 2012
A Times investigation has examined and tallied thousands of local incentives granted nationwide and has found that states, counties and cities are giving up more than $80 billion each year to companies. The...
Mariano’s Opens In Greektown – You Helped Pay For It
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Tom Tresser
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Oct 29, 2012
An upscale Mariano’s opens in Greektown on October 30, 2012. Chicago taxpayers – you helped pay for it! They got $7 million in property taxes from Chicago’s TIF Program. Bob Mariano was on...
Developer Rejects TIFs!
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Tom Tresser
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Oct 25, 2012
Missouri real estate developer Fred DeMarco published an op-ed piece in the Columbia Daily Tribune entitled “TIFs are a growth industry” where he rejects the notion of being subsidized by the public to...
Preserve Public Services, Sunset Chicago’s TIFs
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Tom Tresser
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Sep 19, 2011
The annual reports f0r Chicago Tax increment Finance Districts are out.In order to find out how much they cost the taxpayers, one would have download all the PDF reports, open them up one...
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