Dave Glowacz interviews the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the history and creation of Chicago city budgets.
Dave and Ben discuss how city budgets have changed over three decades; Mayor Emanuel's approach to public input, and how it differs from Mayor Daley's; and sources of effective budget oversight. Length 6.8 minutes standard, 33.8 minutes premium.
Music: "Pet Sisede Cin Tonik" by Hayvanlar Alemi
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In the interview, Dave refers to a list (shown here) of the 2018 budget totals of all of the city's agencies.
Also, Dave and Ben talk in the interview about different entities that have analyzed the city's municipal budget, and the budgets of some of the city's sister agencies. A list of these follows.
- Civic Federation's analysis of the mayor's 2018 budget recommendations
- City Council Office of Financial Analysis's report on the mayor's 2018 budget recommendations
- Reuters article on municipal debt and borrowing
- Center on Tax & Budget Accountability's fiscal review of the Chicago Housing Authority
- Book of essays on fiscal solutions: Chicago Is Not Broke
- Grassroots Collaborative's "Our Kind of Town" financial plan
- City Council Progressive Reform Caucus's "Proactive Options for Municipal Revenue Generation"
- Chicago Office of Inspector General's audits of city departments and agencies
- Crain's Chicago Business's review of the Action Center on Race & the Economy's report on the use of debt in police lawsuit settlements
