Democrat machine mayor Richard Daley floated the idea of waiving Chicago's $4-a-month employee head tax -- for only two years -- and only for newly hired employees. The Mayor admits that the $48/year won't do anything to help the economy. But he thinks the "symbolism" is important. [...]
One of the key cogs of the Daley political machine is organized labor, which supplies cash and foot soldiers for the Democrats' efforts in Chicago and suburban Cook County. Over the weekend, the Sun-Times published a news article scrutinizing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's November 1 interview with WBEZ's Alison Cuddy. Specifically, reporter Abdon Pallasch fact-checked the mayor's fervent defense of his controversial tax increment financing (TIF) network.
The paper is a little late to the party on [...]
