Kevin Robinson

Posted Eccentric Soul Revue Returns To Chicago to Chicagoist
If you missed the Eccentric Soul Revue last spring, or if you went and had such a great time pretending you were rolling around 1970's Chicago in a blue soft-top Monte Carlo with bench seats and options...
Posted Hyatt IPO raises $950 million to Chicagoist
Hyatt, the hotel chain owned by Chicago's storied Pritzker clan, raised $950 million in its initial public offering Thursday, as the hotel chain took its shares public. Shares were priced at $25, but closed up 12...
Posted City Hires "Mayoral Troubleshooter" for Schools to Chicagoist
With a massive budget deficit looming, property taxes on the rise, and the mayor talking about more furloughs and service cuts, the Chicago Public Schools have still found over $150,000 to hire a city hall insider...
Posted McPier in Debt to Chicagoist
Photo by jessiebarber. File this under No Surprise to Anyone: Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, otherwise known as McPier, is deep in debt. Crain's is reporting that according to the new chairman of McPier, When the...
Commented on County Board Follies
Aw, Spook. You know it's been "over the years" with you and me, baby. Stroger even filing petitions (and at 22K, it's far less than his opposition have filed) is a story indeed, given the perception that he's embattled and...

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