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Chicago begins Bilandic era amid fiscal doubt and unrest
Chicago enters the post Daley era with Mayor Bilandic facing deep city problems. The city boasts a solid bond rating yet grapples with deficits in the Transit Authority and funding crises in schools and police. Business leaders praise Bilandic's fiscal conservatism, while reformers fear he may be controlled by council power brokers.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street
Midwest
Michael A. Bilandic
Dennis Block
Bilandic
Humboldt Park
Cabrini-Green
Loop
Sun Belt
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Transit Authority
Daley
New York
Robert Abboud
First National Bank of Chicago
Abboud
Machine
Democratic