Ryan Richter, AICP @ryanjrichter.com · Dec 4

Happy Chicago Parking Meter Day to those who celebrate. We chose to lease our parking meters for 75 years for a little over a billion dollars. The lessee has already made that money back with plenty more and still has another 58 years to go!

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Unmikely · Dec 4

Ald. Dick Mell should never live down his infamous quote “How many of us read the stuff we do get, OK? I try to. I try to. I try to. But being realistic, being realistic, it’s like getting your insurance policy. It’s small print, OK?” Ben Joravsky’s great summary. chicagoreader.com/news/fail-pa...