(Chicago, IL) – February 8, 2011. Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle today claimed that a loophole exists in Chicago’s ethics ordinance to reopen Chicago’s 75-year parking meter contract with the Morgan Stanley investment fund, Chicago Parking Meters, LLC and he called on Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to reopen her office’s investigation of the deal. Continue reading
(Chicago, IL) – October 14, 2010. Reacting to the unyielding public fury over the lease of Chicago’s parking meters, which includes recent thefts of meter boxes, State Senator John Monroe (D-Chicago) is making a public push of recently introduced legislation that would require a local public referendum on all proposals to privatize municipal assets. Continue reading