Hi all, I’m launching my next project, which will be investigating parking fines in Chicago. Here’s a bit of background: The impetus for this was when I came back from abroad to discover that during my two months gone, my car had racked no less than 9 tickets for exactly the same violation – a license […]

…well, one of the largest, at any rate. When I was flying into Midway airport this May, I was looking idly out the window, gazing down at the city spread below. There was a nice view of the Southside, and I swore I could see the University, and then… ??? I mentally filed away the gigantic […]