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The CivicLab, through our TIF Illumination Project, has been investigating Tax Increment Financing districts here since 2013. After 143 public meetings and interacting with over 8,000 people all over the city, we declare that the TIF program is a racist slush fund and must be abolished.

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I don’t believe Chicago is broke. I don’t believe we should’ve been asked to pay $600 million more in property taxes. 15 aldermen agreed. But the rest rubber-stamped Mayor One Percent’s Budget From Hell. Read my op-ed piece in Huffington Post. I lay out three large pots of money that SHOULD’VE been on the table BEFORE we are hit with any new taxes or fees.

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