Chicagoist Podcast 5/4 - Parking Problems & Produce

By Karl Klockars in News on May 4, 2009 8:40PM

This week in the Chicagoist Podcast Series, we continue to welcome the slow rollout of spring. It's taking its sweet-assed time, and it'll be summer in just a couple weeks, but for right now, let's close our eyes and pretend that it's a constant 67 degrees with sun, shall we?

Lyle Allen, Executive Director of the Green City Market joins us to discuss the outdoor season of the market this year. What can we expect from this year's market? Why do they focus on sustainable and organic offerings? Is it just fruits and veggies? Is it more than just roughage? If you've never been to GCM, you'll find out. For those that have been before, you'll find out how winter treated them and what to look forward to for the next few months.

Then, Alderman Tom Allen joins the podcast to talk about his proposed legislation that would mandate a 30 day waiting period on privatization measures to try and ensure that a debacle like the parking meter fiasco would not see a recurrence. Where does it stand? Why is there such a huge backlash over parking meters and not over other privatization moves? Ald. Allen answers.

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