Mayor Emanuel says he's saved drivers money, but evidence is lacking.
by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
On March 5, Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a press release boasting that motorists in Chicago had saved millions of dollars in parking meter fees thanks to the deal he renegotiated last year with the company that owns the meters. "By delivering on free Sunday parking in the neighborhoods," Emanuel said in a statement, "we're able to make a bad deal better."…[ Read more ]