The latest update from the Chicago Reader.
In case you missed it at the end of the day Friday: a Cook County judge has decided that a lawsuit against the city and state over terms of the parking meter lease agreement can move forward.
“We passed the first hurdle–the judge found reasonable grounds for the lawsuit,” said Clint Krislov, an attorney representing the IVI-IPO in the suit. “So round one goes to the people.”
The suit, filed last month, alleges that the meter deal is illegal because it uses taxpayer money to benefit a private company, delegates police power to the private firm, and restricts the City Council’s ability to set parking policy in the future.
Clint Krislov is the lead on this suit. Despres, Schawartz & Geoghegan developed several of the counts. A copy of the complaint can be found here.
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