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Uptown Community Fights Back Against Alderman James Cappleman’s Proposal to Give $14 Million in TIF Funds to Private Real Estate Developer

 

UPTOWN—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2014. While the City of Chicago makes massive cuts to public services due to a supposed “budget crisis,” the mayor and his aldermen continue to find ways to offer handouts to private corporations. In the neighborhood of Uptown, fully half of the public elementary schools were shuttered last year and over 1,800 units of affordable housing have been eliminated in the past two years. Yet, 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman is supporting…

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