“…a quarter of Chicago is blighted, which is a sad thing to learn. I sure hope the International Olympic Committee doesn’t mind when they learn how much of Chicago is in need of such desperate measures, including the center of downtown. ”
– Whet Moser writing in the Chicago Reader‘s Chicagoland blog about a recent report showing that a quarter of Chicago’s acreage falls within tax increment financing districts. These districts earmark public money for “blighted” areas.
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