Martin J. Oberman

Chicgo City Hall, center, and an American flag, Friday, is shown on Feb. 3, 2017.

Can ethics laws go too far? Chicago’s rules favor those who pay to ‘lobby’

May 11, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

Sometimes, even in Chicago, well-intentioned efforts at government reform go too far and cause unforeseen consequences. Case in point: An encounter between a taxpayer and an elected official, whether at...

Why Metra needs a fare hike

May 11, 2019 at 7:03 a.m.

Metra recently announced a long-range plan to upgrade our locomotives and cars and pay for the Positive Train Control safety system, a plan that relies in part on issuing $400...

Get rid of the RTA

August 23, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

Ever wonder why traffic keeps getting worse? Even with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's aggressive leadership to bring new companies, jobs and workers to Chicago, you might think that the economy's overall...

Get rid of the RTA

December 24, 2018 at 7:04 p.m.

Ever wonder why traffic keeps getting worse? Even with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's aggressive leadership to bring new companies, jobs and workers to Chicago, you might think that the economy's overall...

GAMBLING PROBLEMS

August 20, 2021 at 10:44 p.m.

In your April 27 editorial, you state that "this page has been a consistent supporter of . . . legalized riverboat gaming . . . " At the same time,...

LAKEFRONT PLANS NEED IMPLEMENTATION

August 11, 2021 at 9:43 a.m.

In January 1987, Mayor Harold Washington, with remarkable foresight, appointed a special commission to tackle the serious erosion threatening our city's magnificent lakefront. But Mayor Washington charged the commission to...

GUNS AND LIABILITY

August 11, 2021 at 8:25 a.m.

Steve Chapman's June 18 column "Restricting guns by squelching democracy" assails both the MacArthur Justice Center of the University of Chicago and Mayor Richard M. Daley for their attempts to...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

August 11, 2021 at 4:09 p.m.

Two weeks ago, the Chicago Council of Lawyers wrote our two United States senators urging that Ann Tighe not be appointed U.S. attorney if her husband, Jim Houlihan, remains Cook...

JUSTICE DENIED

August 11, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.

A spokesperson for Gov. Jim Edgar has said that Illinois citizens should not be alarmed by the fact that seven men on death row have been found not guilty in...

TIME TO PUT A LID ON CASINO PROFITS

August 19, 2021 at 8:45 a.m.

The front-page story on March 28 about the $20 million "contingent" fee from a Nevada gambling operation to two clout-heavy DuPage County Republican lawyers underscores the need for dramatic reform...

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