Public Education+Organizing

  • How Hot Was Your Ward In 2011 – TIF-Wise?

    by - Nov 20, 2012
    Check out this heat map ginned up by one of CivicLab’s fearless volunteer civic coders. It shows how much revenue was extracted from Chicago’s 50 wards in 2011. The grand total was $454...

  • Hyatt Hotel TIF Protest

    by - Nov 12, 2012
    According to the Chicago Tribune, “Several hundred protesters marched along Michigan Avenue Monday morning to voice opposition to the school closings plan being put together by Chicago Public Schools. Organized by the Chicago...

  • Good Bye and Good Luck (from Roger)

    by - Mar 22, 2011
    I ran against Roger Keats for Cook County Board President last year. He was the Republican candidate and I was the Green Party candidate. I got this email from him today. He says...

  • Citizens Question Proposed TIF – Called “Idiots”

    by - Mar 9, 2011
    Things got hot in Lafayette, Louisiana, the other night. There was a town meeting at the local library to discuss the creation of a new TIF district to help build a luxury hotel....
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