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Thanks To A Deal Finalized In 2008, Chicago’s Parking Meters Will Be Operated For The Next 75 Years By A Group Of Investors Put Together By Morgan Stanley, Including The Sovereign Wealth Fund Of Abu Dhabi.

This Aesthetic Quality, Then, Is What Politics Is All About. It's Authenticity That Separates Winners From Losers, Good Politics From Bad, And He-man Leader-types From Consultant-directed Puppet-boys.

Public Borrowing Is Costly These Days, True, But Interest Rates On Municipal Bonds Are Still Considerably Lower Than Those Borne By Corporate Debt.

Every City Is Either Vibrant These Days Or Is Working On A Plan To Attain Vibrancy Soon. The Reason Is Simple: A City Isn't Successful - Isn't Even A City, Really - Unless It Can Lay Claim To Being 'vibrant.'

I Was In A Bad Mood When I Wrote That.