Some people know exactly what the “parking meter deal” refers to but for others this might be a new idea. Alyssa breaks down the timeline of events which has been dubbed “a lesson in worse practices.” That is an understatement. Come for the mismanagment stay for the irony.
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Show Notes:
- Chicago Reader: FAIL, Part One: Chicago’s Parking Meter Lease Deal
- Chicago Reader: FAIL, Part Two: One BILLION Dollars!
- Chicago Reader: FAIL, Part Three: The Insiders
- Chicago Reader: Parking Meters — The Easy Version
- Chicago Reader: Mayor Emanuel ensures parking meters remain in private hands
- Chicago Reader: Rahm’s latest verdict: we’re stuck with the meter deal
- Chicago Reader: Yet another attempt to prevent a parking meter redux
- The Tribe: Today’s Chicago City Council regrets the infamous 2008 parking meter deal
- Chicago Reader: Better late than never
- Chicago Magazine: Chicago’s New Parking Meter Rules: What You Need To Know
- Chicago Reader: Wait, we sold that off too?
- Chicago Reader: Rahm Emanuel’s shifting views of the parking meter deal
- Chicago Reader: Daley joining law firm he previously hired for city’s meter deal and other privatization work
- Chicago Reader: Not a dream
- MoneyWise: ‘A lesson in worst practices’: Shocking audit reveals Chicago parking meters have made $2B for private company
- Chicago Reader: The ongoing case against privatization
- Chicago Reader: How Mayor Emanuel locked the parking meter deal in place
- Chicago Sun-Times: Mihalopoulos: What one Daley sows, another Daley reaps
- ABC 7 Chicago: Mayor Johnson considering buying back rights to Chicago parking meters: Sources
- WTTW: Chicago Won’t Buy Back Parking Meters, Johnson Says
- WBEZ: Chicago parking meters up for sale, but Johnson urged to proceed carefully on potential buyback
- Chicago Sun-Times: Bally’s shooting for end-of-year opening for permanent casino in River West
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