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Richard M. Daley

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I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.


— Richard M. Daley


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Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?


— Richard M. Daley


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And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time.


— Richard M. Daley


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First National Bank laid off 1,000 people; where do they go? There are no jobs for them. So we are having serious economic problems in this country. We are in a real economic crisis.


— Richard M. Daley


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I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.


— Richard M. Daley


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I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago. It affects the middle class. It pushes people down.


— Richard M. Daley


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I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.


— Richard M. Daley


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I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back.


— Richard M. Daley


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It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago.


— Richard M. Daley


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People have to be confident about their sites. We're confident, number one, because under my administration we're managing our airports better than we've ever done before.


— Richard M. Daley


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Did you know about Richard M. Daley?

In the summer of 2007 in reaction to ongoing indictments and convictions of aldermen Daley and Huels Richard M. Daleypherded a package of ethics reforms through City Council. " While other midwest Rust Belt cities such as Detroit and Cleveland shrank Chicago avoided this and managed to grow.

His budgets ran up the largest deficits in Chicago history. Mayor Daley expanded benefits to same-sex domestic partners of City employees and advocated for gun control. Mayor Daley was criticised when family personal friends and political allies seemed to disproportionately benefit from city contracting.

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