For the Daley administration, the problem with the set-aside program was a rare setback.
While saying the weather is the only real villain here, the Daley administration has been doing some finger-pointing of its own.
The Daley administration has a history of lotteries.
The Daley administration is also expected to try to work out a deal with Indiana for development projects as a consolation prize.
After the deadly weekend of July 15 and 16, the Daley administration moved quickly to beef up its heat plan.
Their grievances are straightforward: why haven't Africans been appointed to positions in the Daley administration?
For years, the Daley administration maintained that Patrick had no financial stake in the deal.
The Daley administration is afraid of these young people who are mobilizing into a political force.
It was later revealed that the festival received its tax exemption for 2011 in the final days of the Daley administration.
Nobody in or out of the Daley administration, including the mayor, knows exactly when environmental sensitivity became central to Chicago's development strategy.