Letters

Sonny’s Gospel Legacy

While it is true, as Tesser points out, that many of the musicians who Rollins encountered here in Chicago are no longer with us, Geraldine Gay certainly is. Her recent disc with her vocalist brother Donald Gay, Soulful Sounds, is terrific.

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Thanks to Aaron for that assessment. Unfortunately Geraldine Gay’s recent illness prevented me from discussing her friendship with Rollins at any length.

TIFs Are Not for Personal Pet Projects

Even the lapdog City Council is beginning to show signs of independence.”

TIFs seem to be the mayor and City Council’s answer to any funding problem. The unfortunate part is that too many citizens are buying into the situation and starting to request TIFs to finance their personal pet projects, be it the new playlot, school project or other that was originally supposed to come out of our regular property tax dollars. We as a city need to stand up to this sort of politics so that our tax dollars can be properly tracked and used correctly. If that were happening, there wouldn’t be a need for TIFs.