Public Action

Tom Tresser was in Aurora on November 4, 2023 doing his 225th public meeting on civic finances. The hosts were Working Families Aurora and Alderman John Laesch. Get the details. Sign online petition...

Join us in Pilsen on April 27, 2023 when we do “TIF 101” highlighting the TIFs of Pilsen. Our host will be El Pueblo Manda (The People Rule), There will be Spanish translation...

Watch this 2 1/2 minute video that explains the book and the civic work around it. Buy the book here. Tweet

What a night at Malcolm X College. About 300 people showed up for the first 2016 Budget Town Hall presided over by Mayor Emanuel and attended by all his department heads. Dozens of...

How would you like a TIF Illumination Project poster created by our czarina of design, Carlyn So? Or how about a hand-made DVD containing our two TIF training videos, “TIF 101” and “TIFs...

The CivicLab has closed but the TIF Illumination Project can continue! Please contribute to our crowdfunding campaign today. CLICK HERE to support The TIF Illumination Project Tweet

This afternoon the CivicLab filed a Freedom Of Information Act request with the Chicago Department of Planning and Development to get a complete accounting of where our $1.71 billion in property taxes are...

$14 million in public subsidies for a luxury high-rise across the street from Lincoln Park?  Would an elected official support stripping public funds from public education and public parks to build a private...

Can you help us spread the word in your community about our TIF Illumination work? Please download this TIP flyer and make copies and distribute to your PTA, Local School Council, parent support...

Fed up with the Chicago TIF scam? You can fight back. Here’s what the folks in the 46th Ward are doing to roll back the promised gift of millions of public dollars for...