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Once again, a City Council zoning committee vote on the proposed Wal-Mart in Pullman has been delayed. The Reader's Hunter Clauss reports that Ald. Danny Solis (25th) explained it was to give the store and unions more time to hash out a living wage agreement: “I kept it off because I thought it was the best choice for the city of Chicago. If there’s an opportunity for negotiations, then I’ll take it. The economy is still bad.” Clauss adds, "Not coincidentally, it also appeared that the Pullman Walmart plan didn't have the votes to pass the committee this week." Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon backed up this speculation, saying, “They still don’t have the votes. That’s what this [delay] is all about. It’s a stall tactic on behalf of Wal-Mart." The vote, which had originally been scheduled for April, has now been delayed three times. more ›

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The Battle Over Wal-Mart in the City of Chicago has been delayed. For a few weeks, anyway. A vote by the City Council's Zoning Committee over a proposed new Wal-Mart in Pullman Park that was to happen today has been postponed until May 7. The vote was slated as a follow-up to last week's approval of the store by the City's Plan Commission but was postponed by Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) and Zoning Committee Chairman Danny Solis (25th). Beale has been an ardent supporter of the new Wal-Mart, saying last week, "We want to get people out of their homes and back to work. And if we don't find a new source of revenue here in the City of Chicago, we're going to be forced to lay more people off in the years to come." Beale claimed that he has the necessary votes to pass the plan, so why ask for a delay? He told the Sun-Times earlier this week: more ›

The City Council's Zoning Committee approved the Children's Museum's move to Grant Park today by a 6-3 vote after six hours of testimony. Next up, the whole City Council votes on the plan next Wednesday, and Mayor Daley says he has all the votes he needs to get the plan approved. more ›