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One of the most powerful and influential of America's big-city mayors, Richard M. Daley served six terms as Chicago's mayor. First elected in 1989, Daley was the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history, eclipsing the record set by his father, mentor and role model, the late Mayor Richard J. Daley. Richard M. Daley chose not to run for re-election in the 2011 campaign.
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing an...
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing an...
One of the most powerful and influential of America's big-city mayors, Richard M. Daley served six terms as Chicago's mayor. First elected in 1989, Daley was the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history, eclipsing the record set by his father, mentor and role model, the late Mayor Richard J. Daley. Richard M. Daley chose not to run for re-election in the 2011 campaign.
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing and invested heavily in the city's infrastructure in projects ranging from Millennium Park to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. He also launched a beautification effort that included wrought-iron fencing on public properties and installation of planters, trees and landscaping citywide. Daley's time at the helm also was marked by federal investigations that uncovered contracting irregularities and what prosecutors called "massive fraud" in hiring and promotions designed to reward political loyalists. A top aide was sentenced to prison in the personnel scheme.
A former state legislator and Cook County state's attorney, Daley built a multiethnic, multiracial coalition that kept him in power, even as the strength and influence of the once legendary county Democratic machine waned. Daley worked to revamp and improve the city's public school system, overhauled public housing and invested heavily in the city's infrastructure in projects ranging from Millennium Park to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. He also launched a beautification effort that included wrought-iron fencing on public properties and installation of planters, trees and landscaping citywide. Daley's time at the helm also was marked by federal investigations that uncovered contracting irregularities and what prosecutors called "massive fraud" in hiring and promotions designed to reward political loyalists. A top aide was sentenced to prison in the personnel scheme.
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Timeline of Schaefer's public life
Significant dates in William Donald Schaefer's half-century in politics:
1950: Schaefer, a graduate of the University of Baltimore law school, opens downtown practice. Runs unsuccessfully for the House of Delegates from West Baltimore.
1954: Fails again...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, National Aquarium Baltimore, Ronald Reagan, Inner Harbor
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Emanuel's 'Rahmbo' image
Associated PressRahm Emanuel combines political instincts, White House experience and a Chicago tough-guy attitude - traits he's likely to need as President-elect Obama's new chief of staff. His combative style as political director in the early days of the Clinton...Tags: Northwestern University, HBO (tv network), Heads of State, Drama (genre), Housing and Urban Planning
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Some see cloud over City Hall
Sun reporterWith the raid of Mayor Sheila Dixon's house, the complicated financial investigation that has bubbled through Baltimore news cycles for years officially jumped the local threshold. Political and public relations experts say this whiff of scandal will...Tags: Lawyers, Regional Authority, Sheila Dixon, National Hockey League, Barack Obama
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Dixon's invitation to White House abruptly withdrawn
After being invited yesterday to join more than 70 mayors for a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House today, indicted Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was abruptly un-invited hours later, according to her spokesman.
"We were really hoping...Tags: Regional Authority, Valerie Jarrett, Lobbying, Commuting, Sheila Dixon
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'American Idol' updates
Reality CheckAmerican Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino sang at the funeral of Jennifer Hudson's dead family members last week in Chicago. The two competed against each other on the show. Jesse Jackson and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley spoke at the service. American...Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Jesse Jackson, David Archuleta, Television, Popular Music (genre)
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Schaefer couldn't leave on his own
Sun reporterIn the end, Maryland Democrats wanted no more of William Donald Schaefer. Whether it was the unseemly behavior that became too much to ignore, or the cumulative effect of years of befriending Republicans, or simply the sense that the 84-year-old Schaefer...Tags: Lawyers, Minority Groups, Regional Authority, Metal and Mineral, Executive Branch
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Rather built a hard-news, but folksy image
Sun StaffHe was always a hard-news guy, an old-style, old-school reporter who once told Larry King that "danger is my business." Aggressive, intense, confrontational, folksy and sometimes wacky - that's been the image of Dan Rather for more than 40 years. His...Tags: David Letterman, John F. Kennedy, Walter Cronkite, Al Gore, CBS Corp.
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After city loan to schools, stepped-up involvement
Sun StaffSince Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley fashioned a financial bailout of city schools last month, he has asserted a measure of involvement in North Avenue unseen since City Hall gave up control over education seven years ago. Today the mayor travels to...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Energy Saving, Regional Authority, Labor Markets, Academic Progress
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Why debt at schools ballooned unnoticed
Sun StaffThe cries from many Baltimore parents were loud and angry seven years ago: Don't let the state take control of our schools. State schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick recalls people confronting her, fearful they would lose influence over their...Tags: School Examinations, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, American Civil Liberties Union, Labor Legislation
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Chicago mayor says same-sex marriages OK by him
Los Angeles TimesCHICAGO - Mayor Richard M. Daley has publicly endorsed same-sex unions, saying he has "no problem" with Cook County issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples because they "love one another just as much as anyone else." Daley - a devout Roman...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Gavin Newsom, Minority Groups, Regional Authority, Cook County
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O'Malley featured on cover of this month's 'Esquire'
Sun StaffEsquire magazine features Mayor Martin O'Malley on its cover as "the best young mayor in America" in an issue to be published Thursday that highlights "the best and brightest" in politics, culture, science and other fields. In a long, gushing article...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Political Corruption, Regional Authority, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, William Donald Schaefer
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Efforts to rescue struggling districts center on takeovers
Sun StaffFacing bankruptcy or plummeting test scores, more than 40 school districts nationally have been taken over since 1994 - and while parents are often outraged, school systems have sometimes received a boost from educational reforms and tighter financial...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Northeastern University, Rutgers University, Gaming
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