Chicago is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve.
Organized and edited by Tom Tresser (LGC Fellow since 1990)
This civic education project refutes the claim that Chicago is broke. It aims to show that – far from being broke, Chicago has ample resources to become the city we all need and deserve. This book includes short articles from a great team of local experts describing how we can save and generate MAJOR revenues for Chicago. The book is divided into three sections: (1) Money That Is Stolen From Us – Money We Should NOT Have Spent, (2) Money That Is Hidden From Us, and (3) Money That We Are NOT Collecting – But Should Be. The goal is to make Chicago taxpayers super smart about how the city really works and influence conversations about future budgets and beyond. Read more here.
