Richard M. Daley

1942

Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011.

Born on April 24, 1942, he grew up in Bridgeport, an historically Irish-American neighborhood located on Chicago's South Side.

1955

and Eleanor Daley, who later became Mayor and First Lady of Chicago in 1955.

1960

A 1995 profile in the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1961 to 1967, while a 1996 profile in People Magazine cited 1960 to 1964.

1961

A 1995 profile in the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1961 to 1967, while a 1996 profile in People Magazine cited 1960 to 1964.

1962

In 1962, at age 19, home on Christmas break, Daley was ticketed for running a stop sign at Huron and Rush, and the Chicago Sun-Times headline was "Mayor's Son Gets Ticket, Uses No Clout," with a subhead reading "Quiet Boy." Sources conflict on Daley's military record.

1964

He was raised Roman Catholic. Daley graduated from De La Salle Institute high school in Chicago and obtained his bachelor's degree from DePaul University in 1964, having transferred from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island after two years.

A 1995 profile in the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1961 to 1967, while a 1996 profile in People Magazine cited 1960 to 1964.

1967

A 1995 profile in the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1961 to 1967, while a 1996 profile in People Magazine cited 1960 to 1964.

1969

I passed it the third time." Daley never tried a case. Daley was elected to his first office as a delegate to the 1969 Illinois Constitutional Convention, which created the current Constitution of Illinois (adopted after voters approved it in a 1970 special election). According to journalist Rick Perlstein, in June 1972, Daley led a mob on behalf of his father's Democratic Party regulars against pro-McGovern reformers meeting in a church in Illinois' Fifth Congressional District.

1970

I passed it the third time." Daley never tried a case. Daley was elected to his first office as a delegate to the 1969 Illinois Constitutional Convention, which created the current Constitution of Illinois (adopted after voters approved it in a 1970 special election). According to journalist Rick Perlstein, in June 1972, Daley led a mob on behalf of his father's Democratic Party regulars against pro-McGovern reformers meeting in a church in Illinois' Fifth Congressional District.

In March 1995 the Internal Revenue Service placed a lien on SDI for $326,951 and in June 1996 for $997,382 for failing to pay payroll taxes, including money withheld from its employees' pay checks. In 1970, after high school, Tadin went to work for Marina Cartage; within a decade, he owned the company, and over the next 15 years expanded it from 20 trucks to 150.

1972

I passed it the third time." Daley never tried a case. Daley was elected to his first office as a delegate to the 1969 Illinois Constitutional Convention, which created the current Constitution of Illinois (adopted after voters approved it in a 1970 special election). According to journalist Rick Perlstein, in June 1972, Daley led a mob on behalf of his father's Democratic Party regulars against pro-McGovern reformers meeting in a church in Illinois' Fifth Congressional District.

Daley holding the post from 1980 to the present, a Daley has held the post of 11th Ward Committeeman for 60 years. == Illinois State Senate (1972–1980) == After Edward Nihill stepped down, Daley, with the support of the Democratic political organization, was elected to the Illinois Senate, serving from 1972 to 1980.

1976

Jesse Jackson) replaced the Daley slate at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. After his father died in 1976, Daley succeeded his father as the 11th Ward Democratic committeeman, a party post, until succeeded in the post by his brother John P.

1978

A 1978 state law designed by Illinois Democrats gave the Mayor the power to appoint to fill vacancies in the City Council rather than holding special elections, and by 2002 more than a third of the council's 50 aldermen were initially appointed by Daley.

1980

Daley holding the post from 1980 to the present, a Daley has held the post of 11th Ward Committeeman for 60 years. == Illinois State Senate (1972–1980) == After Edward Nihill stepped down, Daley, with the support of the Democratic political organization, was elected to the Illinois Senate, serving from 1972 to 1980.

Daley Timeline of Chicago, 1980s–2010s == Footnotes == == References == == Further reading == Unauthorized biography. ==External links== Mayor Daley's Mark—slideshow by The New York Times Mayor Richard M.

1981

Their second son, Kevin, died at age two of complications from spina bifida in 1981.

Daley prevailed and served from 1981 to 1989.

1982

His election over Carey saw him win by merely sixteen thousand votes, one of the narrowest wins for the Cook County State's Attorney election. === Police torture reported to Daley, 1982 === In February 1982, Andrew Wilson was arrested for the murder of two Chicago police officers.

Andrew Wilson on February 15 & 16, 1982.

On April 2, 1987, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the convictions, ruling that Wilson was forced to confess involuntarily after being beaten by police. === First campaign for Mayor, 1983: challenge to Jane Byrne === In November 1982, Daley announced his first campaign for mayor.

Chicago, that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was incorporated under the Fourteenth Amendment, thus protecting the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" from local governments, and all but declared Mayor Jane Byrne's 1982 handgun ban unconstitutional.

1983

On April 2, 1987, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the convictions, ruling that Wilson was forced to confess involuntarily after being beaten by police. === First campaign for Mayor, 1983: challenge to Jane Byrne === In November 1982, Daley announced his first campaign for mayor.

1987

On April 2, 1987, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the convictions, ruling that Wilson was forced to confess involuntarily after being beaten by police. === First campaign for Mayor, 1983: challenge to Jane Byrne === In November 1982, Daley announced his first campaign for mayor.

for splitting the white vote, enabling Washington to become Chicago's first black mayor. === Second campaign for Mayor, 1989: challenge to Eugene Sawyer === On November 25, 1987, Mayor Washington died in office of a heart attack.

On December 2, 1987, the Chicago City Council appointed Alderman Eugene Sawyer as mayor until a special election for the remaining two years of the term could be held in 1989.

1988

Daley announced his candidacy on December 6, 1988, saying Let's face it: we have a problem in Chicago.

1989

Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011.

Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term.

Daley prevailed and served from 1981 to 1989.

for splitting the white vote, enabling Washington to become Chicago's first black mayor. === Second campaign for Mayor, 1989: challenge to Eugene Sawyer === On November 25, 1987, Mayor Washington died in office of a heart attack.

On December 2, 1987, the Chicago City Council appointed Alderman Eugene Sawyer as mayor until a special election for the remaining two years of the term could be held in 1989.

In the 1989 general election, Daley faced Republican candidate Edward Vrdolyak, a former Democratic alderman who had opposed Mayor Washington, and Alderman Timothy C.

After winning the general election on April 4, 1989, Daley was inaugurated as Mayor of Chicago on April 24, 1989, his 47th birthday, at a ceremony in Orchestra Hall. == Mayor of Chicago (1989–2011) == === First term (1989–1991) === Daley presided over the most docile City Council since his father.

Daley's first budget proposal, the 1990 budget, included $3 billion in spending, $50 million more than 1989, featured a $25 million reduction in the property tax levy, extended Mayor Sawyer's hiring freeze, piloted recycling, and privatized the city's tow truck fleet.

Daley became the first Chicago Mayor to lead Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, at the 20th annual parade on Sunday, June 26, 1989.

1990

Daley's first budget proposal, the 1990 budget, included $3 billion in spending, $50 million more than 1989, featured a $25 million reduction in the property tax levy, extended Mayor Sawyer's hiring freeze, piloted recycling, and privatized the city's tow truck fleet.

1991

Questioned about the city's rising homicide rate on September 10, 1991, Daley said "The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents." ==== Brawl at Daley home in Michigan ==== On the weekend of March 1–2, 1992, Daley and his wife arranged for 16-year-old son Patrick to stay with relatives while they attended a family event in New York.

1992

Questioned about the city's rising homicide rate on September 10, 1991, Daley said "The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents." ==== Brawl at Daley home in Michigan ==== On the weekend of March 1–2, 1992, Daley and his wife arranged for 16-year-old son Patrick to stay with relatives while they attended a family event in New York.

Between 1992 and 1997, the city paid Marina Cartage and another Tadin company $49 million for supplying the city with snow removal and other heavy equipment and operators.

Marina Cartage used Huels' SDI Security services since 1992.

1995

A 1995 profile in the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1961 to 1967, while a 1996 profile in People Magazine cited 1960 to 1964.

The injured youth recovered. === Third term (1995–1999) === Daley took control of the Chicago Public School system in 1995 and appointed Paul Vallas.

In March 1995 the Internal Revenue Service placed a lien on SDI for $326,951 and in June 1996 for $997,382 for failing to pay payroll taxes, including money withheld from its employees' pay checks. In 1970, after high school, Tadin went to work for Marina Cartage; within a decade, he owned the company, and over the next 15 years expanded it from 20 trucks to 150.

In 1995, with Huels' support, the City Council approved a tax reduction which halved the assessment on a new $4.5 million headquarters and trucking terminal for Marina Cartage at 4450 S.

1996

A 1995 profile in the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1961 to 1967, while a 1996 profile in People Magazine cited 1960 to 1964.

In March 1995 the Internal Revenue Service placed a lien on SDI for $326,951 and in June 1996 for $997,382 for failing to pay payroll taxes, including money withheld from its employees' pay checks. In 1970, after high school, Tadin went to work for Marina Cartage; within a decade, he owned the company, and over the next 15 years expanded it from 20 trucks to 150.

In 1996, with Huels' support, the City Council approved a $1.1 million direct grant for the construction of the facility.

On September 12, 1996, the City Council approved Daley's plan to convert the airport into a park, and the state began planning to take over operation of the airport.

1997

On March 19, 1997, the Chicago City Council adopted the Domestic Partners Ordinance, which made employee benefits available to same-sex partners of City employees.

Daley said it was an issue of fairness. ==== Daley's floor leader in City Council resigns ==== The first major public corruption scandal of Daley's tenure as mayor involved the circumstances of the resignation of his City Council floor leader, Alderman Patrick Huels, in October 1997.

Between 1992 and 1997, the city paid Marina Cartage and another Tadin company $49 million for supplying the city with snow removal and other heavy equipment and operators.

1998

Gyrion's mother-in-law's firm, Jacz Transportation, participated in the Hired Truck Program, receiving about $1 million between 1998 and 2004.

in 1998, during his third term.

1999

I and every other city official must be prepared to defend every contract on its merits. === Fourth term (1999–2003) === On February 23, 1999, Daley won reelection to a fourth term with 68.9 percent of the vote over challenger U.S.

In August 1999, prompted by police excessive-force incidents in Chicago, New York and other cities, the U.S.

In October 1999, the organization issued a report "Summary of Amnesty International's concerns on police abuse in Chicago" which expressed concerns including improper interrogation tactics, excessive force, shootings of unarmed suspects, and the detention and interrogation of children. The Duff family formed a janitorial services company, Windy City Maintenance Inc., one month after Daley's inauguration.

The National Law Journal included Daley in its 2013 list of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," based on "his political connections — the best in Chicago." == Recognition == In 1999, Daley received the Arbor Day Foundation's Lifetime Stewardship Award. In 2002, Daley received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt.

2000

In the 18 months from January 12, 2000 to June 6, 2001, only 13 votes in the council were divided, less than one a month.

2001

In the 18 months from January 12, 2000 to June 6, 2001, only 13 votes in the council were divided, less than one a month.

2002

A 1978 state law designed by Illinois Democrats gave the Mayor the power to appoint to fill vacancies in the City Council rather than holding special elections, and by 2002 more than a third of the council's 50 aldermen were initially appointed by Daley.

The National Law Journal included Daley in its 2013 list of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," based on "his political connections — the best in Chicago." == Recognition == In 1999, Daley received the Arbor Day Foundation's Lifetime Stewardship Award. In 2002, Daley received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt.

2003

We do look into it, yes." In September 2003, a federal investigation led to indictments of Patricia Green Duff, her sons John M.

32 aldermen supported the mayor 90-100% of the time and another 14 80-89% of the time. === Fifth term (2003–2007) === On February 26, 2003, Daley took 78.5% of the vote to prevail over challenger Reverend Paul Jakes Jr.

Fresh off a 2003 re-election mandate, one of Daley's first major acts was ordering the demolition of Meigs Field.

On Sunday, March 30, 2003, shortly before midnight, transport trucks carrying construction equipment moved onto Meigs with Chicago Police escort.

In June 2003, Patrick and Vanecko formed a Delaware company, MSS Investors LLC, and invested $65,000 each.

2004

Duff pleaded guilty to 33 counts of racketeering, fraud and other charges on January 10, 2004.

Daley endorsed same-sex marriage, saying on February 18, 2004, he would have "no problem" with Cook County issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.

A six-month investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times resulted in a three-day series of articles in January 2004 that revealed some participating companies were being paid for doing little or no work, had American Mafia connections or were tied to city employees, or paid bribes to get into the program.

Gyrion's mother-in-law's firm, Jacz Transportation, participated in the Hired Truck Program, receiving about $1 million between 1998 and 2004.

The program was overhauled in 2004, and phased out in 2005. ==== Daley patronage chief among officials convicted of fraud ==== On July 5, 2006, Robert Sorich, formally, director of the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and, informally, Daley's patronage chief, and Timothy McCarthy, Sorich's aide, were each convicted on two counts of mail fraud connected to rigging blue-collar city jobs and promotions.

Patrick and Vanecko got a $13,114 "tax distribution" in December 2004.

He was the Host of the 2004 International Achievement Summit in Chicago. In 2017, Daley received the ULI Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award. == Publications == ==See also== Electoral history of Richard M.

2005

Time magazine in its April 25, 2005 issue named Daley as the best out of five mayors of large cities in the United States, and characterized Daley as having "imperial" style and power.

The program was overhauled in 2004, and phased out in 2005. ==== Daley patronage chief among officials convicted of fraud ==== On July 5, 2006, Robert Sorich, formally, director of the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and, informally, Daley's patronage chief, and Timothy McCarthy, Sorich's aide, were each convicted on two counts of mail fraud connected to rigging blue-collar city jobs and promotions.

Patrick and Vanecko were not charged. In 2005, Concourse Communications, another Cardinal Growth venture, signed a city contract for airport wi-fi service at city-owned O'Hare and Midway airports.

In 2005 Daley criticized the deal, saying that the city wanted to renegotiate the pact.

The Chicago Sun-Times dubbed the Park Grill the "Clout Cafe" and included the contract award process in a year-end review of 2005 Daley administration scandals.

2006

In May 2006, in Geneva, Switzerland the United Nations Committee Against Torture released a report which noted the "limited investigation and lack of prosecution" into allegations of torture in Areas 2 and 3 of the Chicago Police Department and called on American authorities to "promptly, thoroughly and impartially" investigate the allegations, and provide the committee with more information.

Daley was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2006 as a Friend of the Community. ==== Daley orders demolition of Meigs Field ==== A long-standing agreement between the city and state required the city to maintain and operate Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport on Northerly Island used by general aviation aircraft and helicopters, until 2011 or turn it over to the state.

The program was overhauled in 2004, and phased out in 2005. ==== Daley patronage chief among officials convicted of fraud ==== On July 5, 2006, Robert Sorich, formally, director of the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and, informally, Daley's patronage chief, and Timothy McCarthy, Sorich's aide, were each convicted on two counts of mail fraud connected to rigging blue-collar city jobs and promotions.

On June 27, 2006, nine months after Concourse signed the contract, Concourse was sold at a 33% profit to Boingo Wireless Inc.

On June 30, 2006, Patrick received the first of five payments totaling $708,999.

Deposed in August 2013 in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration's lawsuit to renegotiate the contract, former Mayor Daley responded "I don't recall" 139 times. ==== Long-term leases of public infrastructure ==== In January 2006, Skyway Concession Company, a joint venture between the Australian Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Spanish Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte S.A., paid the City $1.83 billion for rights to operate the Chicago Skyway and collect tolls for 99 years.

In December 2006, Morgan Stanley paid Chicago $563 million for a 99-year lease of the city's parking garages.

Daley was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

On January 17, 2006, during Daley's fifth term, at a joint press conference with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich calling for a statewide ban on semi-automatic assault weapons, Daley said, "If we are really to make the progress that we want, we have to keep the most dangerous weapons that are right here off of our streets." The US Supreme Court took up McDonald v.

Wall Street analysts noted that the Daley administration began drawing on the city's reserves as early as 2006, before the 2008–2012 global recession.

"While there had been sound economic growth in years prior to 2008, there were still sizable fund balance drawdowns in both 2006 and 2007," Fitch wrote.

2007

In the summer of 2007, in reaction to ongoing indictments and convictions of aldermen, Daley and Huels shepherded a package of ethics reforms through city council.

The city's Inspector General and federal authorities began investigations in December 2007.

In three years, the proceeds from the lease were all but spent. ==== Failed Olympic bid ==== In 2007, Daley entered into ten-year contracts with the city's labor unions to preclude labor unrest as Chicago launched a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

"While there had been sound economic growth in years prior to 2008, there were still sizable fund balance drawdowns in both 2006 and 2007," Fitch wrote.

2008

Municipal Sewer Services LLC folded in April 2008.

It assumes that governments will prudently husband sudden surges of revenue from the lease or sale of assets. === Sixth term (2007–2011) === On February 6, 2008, the Chicago City Council approved, by a 41–6 vote, an increase in the city's real estate transfer tax to fund the Chicago Transit Authority.

On March 15, 2010, Daley appointed two aldermen on the same day, bringing to 19 the number of alderman initially appointed by Daley. ==== More long-term leases of public infrastructure ==== In September 2008, Chicago accepted a $2.52 billion bid on a 99-year lease of Midway International Airport to a group of private investors, but the deal fell through due to the collapse of credit markets during the 2008–2012 global recession.

In 2008, as Chicago struggled to close a growing budget deficit, the city agreed to a 75-year, $1.16 billion deal to lease its parking meter system to an operating company created by Morgan Stanley.

Wall Street analysts noted that the Daley administration began drawing on the city's reserves as early as 2006, before the 2008–2012 global recession.

"While there had been sound economic growth in years prior to 2008, there were still sizable fund balance drawdowns in both 2006 and 2007," Fitch wrote.

On November 4, 2008, Jacquelyn Heard, the mayor's press secretary, said the city would halt spending on 10 public relations contracts that could have paid as much as $5 million each. In his annual budget address on October 21, 2009, Daley projected a deficit for 2009 of more than $520 million.

2009

No other city has done this in America," Daley recalled in 2009.

For months in 2009, Daley promoted the economic benefits of the proposal to the city and its corporate community.

On October 2, 2009, in a major disappointment for Daley, Chicago was the first of four finalists to be eliminated during selection ceremonies in Copenhagen.

On the first day of City Council hearings on Daley's 2009 budget proposal, several aldermen questioned the administration's public relations spending.

On November 4, 2008, Jacquelyn Heard, the mayor's press secretary, said the city would halt spending on 10 public relations contracts that could have paid as much as $5 million each. In his annual budget address on October 21, 2009, Daley projected a deficit for 2009 of more than $520 million.

Daley proposed a 2011 budget totaling $6.15 billion, including spending all but $76 million of what remained of the parking meter lease proceeds, and received a standing ovation from aldermen. ==== Daley declines to run for seventh term ==== Daley's approval rating was at an all-time low of 35% by late 2009.

Daley supported immigration reform, and green building initiatives, for which he was presented with an Honor Award from the National Building Museum in 2009 as a "visionary in sustainability." Chicago avoided some of the most severe economic contractions of other Midwest cities along the Great Lakes such as Detroit and Cleveland. == Post-mayoral career == Days after leaving office, the University of Chicago appointed Daley a "distinguished senior fellow" at the Harris School of Public Policy.

2010

On March 15, 2010, Daley appointed two aldermen on the same day, bringing to 19 the number of alderman initially appointed by Daley. ==== More long-term leases of public infrastructure ==== In September 2008, Chicago accepted a $2.52 billion bid on a 99-year lease of Midway International Airport to a group of private investors, but the deal fell through due to the collapse of credit markets during the 2008–2012 global recession.

In May 2010, Daley held a press conference to address gun control and a pending possible adverse decision in McDonald v.

Let me put a round up your, you know." The remark was voted "the stoopidest thing that Mayor Richard Daley the Younger has ever said" in an online poll by the Chicago Tribune. On June 28, 2010, the US Supreme Court held, in a 5–4 decision in McDonald v.

In August 2010, Fitch Ratings downgraded the city's bond credit rating, citing the administration's use of reserve funds for general operating expenses and under-funding of its pension funds, and noted that the city faced rising fixed operating costs yet lacked plans for new revenue.

Daley proposed a 2010 budget totaling $6.14 billion, including spending $370 million from the $1.15 billion proceeds from the parking meter lease.

In his annual budget address on October 13, 2010, Daley projected a deficit for 2010 of $655 million, the largest in city history.

On September 7, 2010, Daley announced that he would not seek a seventh term.

On December 26, 2010, Daley surpassed his father as Chicago's longest-serving mayor.

2011

Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011.

Daley was married to Margaret "Maggie" Corbett until her death on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011 after a decade-long battle with metastatic breast cancer, which had spread to her bones and liver.

Daley was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2006 as a Friend of the Community. ==== Daley orders demolition of Meigs Field ==== A long-standing agreement between the city and state required the city to maintain and operate Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport on Northerly Island used by general aviation aircraft and helicopters, until 2011 or turn it over to the state.

In January 2011, Anthony Duffy, the president of Municipal Sewer Services, was charged with three counts of mail fraud in conjunction with minority-contracting and Jesse Brunt and his company, Brunt Brothers Transfer Inc., were indicted on three counts of mail fraud.

Daley proposed a 2011 budget totaling $6.15 billion, including spending all but $76 million of what remained of the parking meter lease proceeds, and received a standing ovation from aldermen. ==== Daley declines to run for seventh term ==== Daley's approval rating was at an all-time low of 35% by late 2009.

Daley chaired his final city council meeting on Wednesday morning, May 11, 2011.

His term ended on May 16, 2011, and he was succeeded by Rahm Emanuel. === Legacy === Daley was supported by Chicago's traditionally Republican business community.

2013

Deposed in August 2013 in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration's lawsuit to renegotiate the contract, former Mayor Daley responded "I don't recall" 139 times. ==== Long-term leases of public infrastructure ==== In January 2006, Skyway Concession Company, a joint venture between the Australian Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Spanish Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte S.A., paid the City $1.83 billion for rights to operate the Chicago Skyway and collect tolls for 99 years.

The National Law Journal included Daley in its 2013 list of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," based on "his political connections — the best in Chicago." == Recognition == In 1999, Daley received the Arbor Day Foundation's Lifetime Stewardship Award. In 2002, Daley received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt.

2016

In three years, the proceeds from the lease were all but spent. ==== Failed Olympic bid ==== In 2007, Daley entered into ten-year contracts with the city's labor unions to preclude labor unrest as Chicago launched a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2017

He was the Host of the 2004 International Achievement Summit in Chicago. In 2017, Daley received the ULI Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award. == Publications == ==See also== Electoral history of Richard M.




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