Grassroots Collaborative Lauds City Council Progressive Caucus for Standing Up to Mayor’s Massive Borrowing Scheme

by Press on January 12, 2016

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CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2016. The following is a statement by Amisha Patel, Executive Director of Grassroots Collaborative, regarding the Chicago City Council Progressive Caucus announcement of their opposition to the Emanuel Administration’s plan to voluntarily pay $106 million in interest rate swap termination penalties as part of a massive borrowing plan: