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Inside Chicago's Shadow Budgetnew

The Daley administration commands an off-the-books kitty of taxpayer money equivalent to a sixth of the official city budget. Now we've got documents that show what they want to do with it.
Chicago Reader  |  Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke  |  11-02-2009  |  Politics

Mayor Daley: Mr. Big Spendernew

As the city faced a gaping budget deficit, the Daley administration closed out Chicago's oldest and fattest slush fund by spending every last cent in it -- and then some.
Chicago Reader  |  Ben Joravsky  |  08-10-2009  |  Politics

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