The Center for Economic Accountability is part of a trans-partisan coalition of organizations working toward elimination of the use of non-disclosure agreements in state and local economic development subsidy deals. We joined our coalition partners in applauding the introduction of a bill in the Illinois State Legislature that would accomplish that goal in the state: … Continue reading CEA Joins Coalition Opposing NDA Use in Economic Development Subsidy Deals, Applauds Proposed NDA Ban in Illinois
Crain’s Chicago Business column: Economic development deals risk ruining Chicago
In a new column at Crain's Chicago Business, CEA President John Mozena warns Chicagoans that their city's practice of piling fiscal burdens on everyone then exempting a few favored large taxpayers through economic development deals risks throwing the city into a spiral that is all too familiar to other once-great American cities: This spiral happens … Continue reading Crain’s Chicago Business column: Economic development deals risk ruining Chicago