Another challenger to Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios has emerged. Andrea Raila, a senior tax analyst for Raila PC, a real estate tax appeals firm founded in 2013, submitted a D-1 earlier this week.
Chicago And Cook County A-1 and D-1 Weekly Update
No CPS Budget Pending Springfield Action
City Council Wrap: New Comment Rules, Mayor Comments on Ethics Findings
Next Steps in County 2nd District: Michael Scott to Chair 19-Member Selection Committee
Familiar arguments over the appropriate use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds mixed with frustration over Chicago Public Schools’ alleged dodging of aldermanic requests for information about district finances during a Finance Committee hearing Wednesday. Aldermen briefly debated, but did not vote on, a proposal to create a mechanism to divert surplus TIF money to Chicago Public Schools during times of financial distress. While a district official was on hand, he did not testify–to the annoyance of several aldermen.
Finance Committee: CPS Should ‘Come Out of Hiding’, Aldermen Should Stop ‘Pimping’ TIFs
City Clerk’s Husband Obtained Lobbying Contracts While She Headed Mayor’s IGA Office
The City Council’s Latino Caucus is sending a letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally requesting that he select one of five Latino aldermen vying to replace Susana Mendoza as City Clerk, following her win Tuesday night in the heated state Comptroller race.
For months, members of the Latino Caucus have been quietly discussing the issue of who should replace Mendoza as Clerk. Those discussions picked up again Wednesday.
Latino Caucus to Mayor Emanuel: Pick One Of Us For City Clerk
Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled his $9.81 billion spending plan for 2017 Tuesday, providing details on his blueprint to boost hiring at the Chicago Police Department, modernize the city’s 311 system, and continue investments in blighted neighborhoods.
The $9.8 billion FY2017 budget includes about $3.72 billion is corporate fund expenditures, a 3.6% increase over FY2016, and $1.59 billion in grant funding.
Mayor Emanuel’s $9.81 Billion Budget for 2017
In a marathon closed door briefing for aldermen in a 5th floor City Hall conference room Thursday afternoon, mayoral staff provided a basic outline, but no ordinance language, for police reform, including a more powerful agency to investigate the police’s use of force that would replace the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) and an inspector general with the power to audit the police department and the IPRA-replacement agency. Not included in the briefing were plans for a civilian police oversight board, which mayoral staff said would be taken up later, after the annual budget process is completed in October.
Mayoral Plan For Police Reform Includes More Powerful IPRA Replacement & Inspector General For Police, But Not Civilian Oversight...Yet
Dashcam video of a second October 2014 fatal police shooting is sitting in legal limbo. Two sources that work with the Chicago Police Department, as well as documents from a suit against the Department, and the Department’s response, confirm dash-cam video captured portions of the police shooting of 25-year old Ronald “Ronnieman” Johnson III in the Washington Park neighborhood just eight days before the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
Dashcam Video Of Another Police Shooting Held In Court Proceedings
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Small Cell Wireless Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk, Following Quick Senate Concurrence
House Passes Two Year Property Tax Freeze, Exemption Increases
Illinois Never In Running For Foxconn or Toyota-Mazda Plants, Says DCEO Head
After Months of Waiting, Small Cell Bill Passes House Quickly; Review of Other Floor Action
Hearing on Proposed Generation Purchase System Goes Poorly For Dynergy
Morning Briefing: Gun Dealer Regulation Showdown
Gun Regulation Advocates To Try Again With Gun Dealer Regulations; Small Wireless Bill To Be Called In House
Eight candidates trooped through the crowded conference room in downtown Chicago. Then the Cook County Democratic Party decided after two hours of speeches and about fifteen minutes of deliberation to endorse State Sen. Kwame Raoul for Illinois Attorney General. While candidates often trot out their resumes and tout their policy plans at slating meetings, the endorsements are usually as much about relationships than they are about qualifications.
Politician Raoul Worked The Room For Endorsement Long In Advance of Party Meeting
$3.5B Medicaid Spending Bill To Be Delayed From Veto Session Consideration
Reifman Answers Rounds of Pointed Policy Questions, And Some Personnel Issues
Attempt To Ban Gun Bump Stocks Gets Bumped Off In House
Rauner Goes 2 for 14 on House Overrides, But The Wins Are Big Ones
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Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) told The Daily Line Wednesday he plans to call his gun bill HB4117 Thursday morning. He says he is working on a floor amendment to improve the definition of “trigger modification device.”
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Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) gave a brief, powerful floor speech introducing her page, Karina Espinosa. What began as a run-of-the-mill brag about the graduate student drew the chamber to a hush as Hernandez explained that her page was a DACA student, first brought to the U.S. illegally as an 11-year-old by her mother. Now, because Espinosa has DACA status, she can complete graduate school. On Tuesday, speaking to the House Executive Committee, Hernandez said 40% of one of her district’s school districts, is made up of undocumented students.
- At 8:00 p.m. tonight Gov. Bruce Rauner will attend the Illinois Action for Children’s annual event, “A Night to Shine,” in the Grand Banking Hall of the Bridgeview Bank Building at 4753 N. Broadway, in Chicago.
- The House will reconvene at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Expectations are for a brief session so members can get home before the end of the day. The Senate has adjourned until Nov. 7.
Morning Briefing: 2 Out of 3 Ain’t Bad
House Revenue Committee Skips Anti-Soda Tax Measures, Debates Reducing Aviation Fuels Tax
Morning Briefing: One Down, Two to Go
Zoning Cmte. Moves Major Projects Amidst Audience Member’s Call For Quorum
Zoning Committee Takes on Full Agenda as Budget Hearings Begin
This week on The Daily Line’s Aldercast, publisher Mike Fourcher joins a panel of Springfield lobbyists to break down what might happen during next week’s veto session at the Illinois General Assembly. On Tuesday, the members reconvene to finish up the 2017 legislative agenda, all while they’re passing petitions for 2018 elections. So what’s being prioritized and what will be left behind?
Democrats are talking about passing a student loan forgiveness program. Conservatives want to pass a new law limiting abortions paid by taxpayer money. After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, momentum seems to be building for some kind of gun reform. What else is on the slate? And how much will actually get through that could be signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner? Our group of Springfield lobbyists sounds off:
- Matt Murphy, a former Republican state senator from the Northwest Suburbs, now a lobbyist with Mac Strategies
- Dan Shomon, a long time state senate Democratic staffer who later became the campaign manager for then-Senator Barack Obama. Dan is also a lobbyist who runs Dan Shomon Inc.
- Stacy Davis Gates, a one-time teacher, now the Chicago Teachers Union’s legislative director.
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