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Mihalopoulos: Vrdolyak on Daley, Washington and ‘the way life is’
Follow @dmihalopoulos Charged by the feds for the second time in a decade, Chicago political old-timer Edward “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak became the butt of new-media jokes Tuesday. “For someone nicknamed...
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Mihalopoulos: Explaining ‘Letters to Santa’ yields larger truths
Parenting a young but inquisitive child can make a reporter feel a bit like the politicians and press secretaries who try to spin the news. Faced with the tough questions, you can’t lie. The kid will...
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Mihalopoulos: Ally of Rauner and Trump sails into port job
Follow @dmihalopoulos Throughout the recent presidential campaign, this mostly blue state’s Republican governor tried to keep a safe distance from Donald Trump. While Bruce Rauner skipped his party’s...
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Mihalopoulos: Exelon competitors behind ‘grassroots’ BEST group
Back when I was a young forward of great passion (but, sadly, not much skill), winters meant indoor soccer, and that meant playing on Astroturf. Unlike with natural grass, the ball bounded off the...
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Mihalopoulos: First Asian-American state rep leads diverse area
Follow @dmihalopoulos Ninety-three years ago, Theresa Mah’s grandfather arrived in this country as a “paper son” — an immigrant who got around the Chinese Exclusion Act by falsely claiming blood ties...
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As his own primary-care spin doctor, Rahm struggles to heal self
Follow @dmihalopoulos In his no-longer-private emails, we saw how much effort Mayor Rahm Emanuel puts into grooming Chicago’s image — and his personal brand — across the country and the world. Recently...
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Mihalopoulos: Insiders’ deal to land Midway concessions delayed
More than a year after a stampede of clout players put forward proposals, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration still has not closed a deal on a major planned revamping of Midway Airport’s concessions....
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Mihalopoulos: Moreno stirs pot with gentrification dinner tab
Follow @dmihalopoulos Many of Chicago’s neighborhoods are for sale again, nearly a decade after the last great housing bubble burst. As in the earlier real estate boom, new condo buildings sprout...
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Mihalopoulos: Iranian scholars here balk at Trump travel ban
Follow @dmihalopoulos If you once had to wear glasses but are reading this without them, you owe it largely to an immigrant doctor from Iran — one of the seven countries targeted by President Donald...
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Mihalopoulos: Airport workers wish they could have detained Rahm
Follow @dmihalopoulos When a crowd gathered to rally for the rights of immigrants and refugees detained at O’Hare Airport last month, a casually dressed Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined the weekend protest at...
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Mihalopoulos: Idiot’s guide to political optics?
Follow @dmihalopoulos Idiots. That’s what 1st Ward Ald. Proco Joe Moreno called the Logan Square activists who criticized him when I reported recently on his plans to speak at a $50-a-plate “Discussion...
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Mihalopoulos: Rahm ally’s drug pricing a bitter pill to swallow
Follow @dmihalopoulos Like most politicians, Mayor Rahm Emanuel rightly loves to promote high-technology companies and revel in their successes. And like many business leaders, the entrepreneurs of the...
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Mihalopoulos: ‘@MuslimMarine’ a unifying force in era of Trump
Follow @dmihalopoulos A Pakistani immigrant logged onto Twitter in Lake County a few days ago and touched many around the world with his reaction to the recent defilement of Jewish graves in St. Louis...
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Mihalopoulos: Trump’s take on Putin worries Chicago Ukrainians
Follow @dmihalopoulos Mexicans and Muslims aren’t the only ones in Chicago who’ve been shaken by President Donald Trump’s words and actions. All the talk recently of ties between Trump and Vladimir...
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Mihalopoulos: Ending residency a sticky subject for generations
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley had only his usual, blunt words for city employees who didn’t think they should have to live in Chicago. “If I’m mayor, should I live in Waukegan?” Daley once said of the...
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Mihalopoulos: After Midway deal, restaurateurs gave big to Rahm
Follow @dmihalopoulos After getting clearance for takeoff from City Hall a month ago, a clout-heavy group of business interests stands to profit richly from providing expanded restaurants and stores at...
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Mihalopoulos: Debate on Puerto Rico fate heats up—in Springfield
Follow @dmihalopoulos Talk to Puerto Ricans in Chicago, and you’ll soon learn a lot of them really love La Isla. Maybe even as much as I love the royal-blue waters of my own debt-choked ancestral...
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Mihalopoulos: White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle
Follow @dmihalopoulos The huge divide between Chicago cops and many of the people they serve and protect becomes even more obvious if you follow the runoff campaign for police union president. The...
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Mihalopoulos: Pritzker goes progressively lower in governor bid
If you were running as a progressive candidate for governor, there would be many people you could try to woo to your side. Larry Dominick — the Republican president of the Town of Cicero — probably...
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Mihalopoulos: Clout-rich janitor firm accused of job offer mess
The city contractor that allegedly “reserved jobs for individuals based on political considerations” is United Maintenance Co. Inc., according to City Hall sources and the alderman whose office blew...
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