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Communications consultant Peter Cunningham, producer David Resnick and Openlands CEO Jerry Adelmann appear on today’s show. Cunningham says of Tax Increment Financing that it’s been proven not to work in blighted regions- the very areas they were designed to help. He also tells us that Chicago’s dropping population is a significant issue, because it affects… View Article

The Klonsky Brothers – Fred and Mike – join Ken Davis for a conversation about the incoming Lightfoot administration and the controversy that erupted over the Lincoln Yards/78 TIF vote in City Council yesterday. Both insist that the Mayor-Elect did not “cave” to pressure from Rahm Emanuel, and that she will have many opportunities to… View Article

Three of Chicago’s most knowledgeable observers of the mayoral political scene convene this week for a conversation about the Lori Lightfoot landslide. Panelists include Delmarie Cobb (the Publicity Works); Bruce DuMont, host of Beyond the Beltway; and the Daily Line’s A.D. Quig. We discuss the factors that led to Lightfoot’s overwhelming victory, the challenges she… View Article

Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter, tells us about her most recent story in which she dissects CPS’ claim that graduation rates are quickly improving in the city’s public schools. A major part of the success, Karp reports, is the use by CPS of commercial “alternative schools” that take at-risk students from traditional high schools. The… View Article

Audrey Henderson, writing for Next City, has surveyed the current status of the Obama Presidential Center development. As Chicago prepares to install a new Mayor, there’s renewed emphasis on the demand for a Community Benefits Agreement, something the Obama Center developers have so far refused to accept. We also discuss plans to eliminate seven blocks… View Article

Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader) and Paul Vallas join Ken Davis this week for separate conversations about the April 2 Mayoral election. Dukmasova says that twin votes taken yesterday in the City Council tell a lot about the way some alderman facing runoffs are reading their electorates. In several notable matchups, aldermen who would never normally… View Article

Willie Wilson and Ja’Mal Green, both former contenders for the Mayor’s office, appear in separate conversations this week about the upcoming election that will settle once and for all who’s about to be our new Mayor, Treasurer and, in about a dozen Wards, the next Alderman. Wilson tells us that he’s about to endorse in… View Article

Bruce DuMont (Host, Beyond the Beltway), Jacky Grimshaw (former advisor to Harold Washington), Bill Ruthhart (Chicago Tribune) and the Daily Line’s AD Quig join Ken Davis for a wide-ranging conversation about Tuesday’s municipal election. They consider whether the twelve losing candidates will endorse either Lori Lightfoot or Toni Preckwinkle and what the political composition of… View Article

WGN-TV’s Tahman Bradley and the Daily Line’s Heather Cherone join Ken Davis for a final analysis of next week’s municipal election. They agree that Chicago should brace itself for a long night next Tuesday because the two candidates emerging in the Mayoral runoff might not be known for a week or two if neither commands… View Article