MarySue Barrett's guest appearances

MarySue Barrett

Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron

The Fran Spielman Show

Bob Reiter

Bill Conway

Laurence Msall

Susana Mendoza

Kirk Dillard

John Cullerton

Pat O'Brien

David Greising

Kim Foxx

Chris Taliaferro

Raymond Lopez

Toni Preckwinkle

Arne Duncan

Amara Enyia

Bill Daley

OwlTail

Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by MarySue Barrett, retiring president of the Metropolitan Planning Council. Barrett said something dramatic needs to be done to rebuild rider confidence after a year-long, work-at-home stretch that left all three mass transit agencies reeling. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by MarySue Barrett, retiring president of the Metropolitan Planning Council. Barrett said something dramatic needs to be done to rebuild rider confidence after a year-long, work-at-home stretch that left all three mass transit agencies reeling. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

MarySue Barrett, retiring president of the Metropolitan Planning Council

Bill Cameron welcomes in MarySue Barrett, President of the Metropolitan Planning Council. Barrett and Cameron discuss how the city of Chicago will emerge out of the Covid-19 crisis.Welcome into the Round table discussion Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crains, Heather Cherone of the Daily Line, and Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times. The Covid-19 crisis has everyone, except Bill and Greg sheltered in place reporting at home. How are the residents of Chicago behaving with the closing of the lakefront and the 606? Will the seriousness of Covid-19 be taken more seriously? How does Governor Pritzker compare to Governor Rauner?This week’s Community Spotlight is with Lauren Cohn. She speaks with Michael LaVitola, CEO of Foxtrot Ventures. Foxtrot offers contact-less delivery of Household goods, and groceries in the loop during the Covid-19 crisis. For more information visit foxtrotco.com

Bill Cameron welcomes in MarySue Barrett, President of the Metropolitan Planning Council. Barrett and Cameron discuss how the city of Chicago will emerge out of the Covid-19 crisis. Welcome into the Round table discussion Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crains, Heather Cherone of the Daily Line, and Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times. The Covid-19 crisis has everyone, except Bill and Greg sheltered in place reporting at home. How are the residents of Chicago behaving with the closing of the lakefront and the 606? Will the seriousness of Covid-19 be taken more seriously? How does Governor Pritzker compare to Governor Rauner? This week’s Community Spotlight is with Lauren Cohn. She speaks with Michael LaVitola, CEO of Foxtrot Ventures. Foxtrot offers contact-less delivery of Household goods, and groceries in the loop during the Covid-19 crisis. For more information visit <a href="http://foxtrotco.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">foxtrotco.com</a>

MarySue Barrett from The Metropolitan Planning Council joins Connected to Chicago

MarySue Barrett, President of Metropolitan Planning Council (www.metroplanning.org). Excessive state taxes, spending by schools in Illinois and finding ways to make them balance buy creating better budget &amp; spending plans while improving the services offered.  Cook County has a new Assessor who is working towards improvements in the office while maintaining the operation of the office and its responsibility to accurately and fairly asses property values and their associated tax responsibility.  With a Chicago budget deficit hole projected to be over $838 million, Mayor Lori Lightfoot might be forced to increase taxes to help close the gap.This Week the ‘Most Experienced Round Table in Chicago Media’ gathers to discuss news of the week.   The budget hole leads the discussion as the media team offers a historic review of the situation and the possible solutions that might upset residents as services are reduced while taxes are increased.  Public school teachers in Chicago have authorized a strike and while we’ve seen it before; Mayor Lightfoot needs to find a solution before the picket lines are setup at CPS locations. Nationally, the move to impeach President Trump seems to be licking up speed and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi feels that the whole thing can be wrapped up by Thanksgiving.John Dempsey checks out Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s announcement of elimination of late fines and clearing debts of patrons for previous occurrences.  With the announcement, Chicago becomes the largest city, and largest public library system in the U.S., to join the growing movement of eliminating overdue fines. Such fines have increasingly been found to be an ineffective tool in encouraging the return of library materials. Library patrons will still be responsible for returning books, and those who that do not return their books will still need to either replace, or pay for the value of, any materials not returned.

MarySue Barrett, President of Metropolitan Planning Council (<a href="http://www.metroplanning.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.metroplanning.org</a>). Excessive state taxes, spending by schools in Illinois and finding ways to make them balance buy creating better budget &amp; spending plans while improving the services offered. Cook County has a new Assessor who is working towards improvements in the office while maintaining the operation of the office and its responsibility to accurately and fairly asses property values and their associated tax responsibility. With a Chicago budget deficit hole projected to be over $838 million, Mayor Lori Lightfoot might be forced to increase taxes to help close the gap. This Week the ‘Most Experienced Round Table in Chicago Media’ gathers to discuss news of the week. The budget hole leads the discussion as the media team offers a historic review of the situation and the possible solutions that might upset residents as services are reduced while taxes are increased. Public school teachers in Chicago have authorized a strike and while we’ve seen it before; Mayor Lightfoot needs to find a solution before the picket lines are setup at CPS locations. Nationally, the move to impeach President Trump seems to be licking up speed and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi feels that the whole thing can be wrapped up by Thanksgiving. John Dempsey checks out Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s announcement of elimination of late fines and clearing debts of patrons for previous occurrences. With the announcement, Chicago becomes the largest city, and largest public library system in the U.S., to join the growing movement of eliminating overdue fines. Such fines have increasingly been found to be an ineffective tool in encouraging the return of library materials. Library patrons will still be responsible for returning books, and those who that do not return their books will still need to either replace, or pay for the value of, any materials not returned.