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Tom Tresser
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Dec 24, 2022
Tom Tresser was interviewd on “Outside the Loop” Radio on December 24, 2022. He breaks down Chicago’s out-of-control TIF program for 2021. He offers an ALTERNATIVE to using TIFs for economic development. Tweet
TIF Extreme Logic – Public $ For PRIVATE Park
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Tom Tresser
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Jan 8, 2014
Join the fight in the 46th Ward to stop JDL Development from getting $14 million in public dollars for a luxury high rise across the street from Lincoln Park. This development includes a...
The Perils Of Privatization
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 19, 2013
Historian and reporter for The Nation Rick Perlstein is doing a series of articles on the perils of privatization. In this 13 minute interview on WBEZ he lays out the reasons to be...
We Could’ve Told Them…
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 14, 2013
From AlterNet, “Corporate Extortion: States Are Giving Billions to Corporations That Don’t Create Jobs.” We learn that… “Economic development officials value business tax incentives as tools needed to compete with other states,” a...
Watch This Video
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Tom Tresser
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Sep 26, 2013
Watch this and then come to the public forum at DePaul on October 3 at 6:30pm! Tweet
DePaul Seeks $300 Million
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Tom Tresser
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Jul 16, 2013
Here’s a report from a DePaul graduate: Last night I received a call from DePaul, as an alumnus, asking for help in raising $300M for the school’s comprehensive fundraising campaign – $100M of...
Inside Story Of TIF Abuse Plus A Call To Get involved
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Tom Tresser
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May 20, 2013
This post was contributed by a person who has attended several of our TIF town meetings. I work for a Chicago company that was the recipient of a $5 million dollar TIF grant....
DePaul Wants $103 Million Of Public Funding For New Stadium Complex
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Tom Tresser
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May 17, 2013
The Mayor has announced plans for hundreds of millions of dollars on tourism-related construction, including 10,000 seat basketball arena for DePaul University near McCormick Place. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the project will...
Pass The Privatization Transparency Ordinance
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Tom Tresser
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Apr 27, 2013
Is your alderman on the list of sponsors of the Privatization Transparency Ordinance”? If so, call them and tell them to get it out of Alderman Mell’s committee and have voted on by...
Wait, Does This Have Anything To Do With Dick Mell?
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Tom Tresser
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Apr 19, 2013
So we are seeing a lot about the Bus Rapid Transit project being pushed aggressively by the city and an impressive list of policy, planning and transit organizations. But wait, who is going...
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