{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_iugbih4havedrejnoiva","title":"Chicago has a new parking meter deal. What happens next?","title_en":null,"outlets":7,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/council-under-pressure-to-make-decision-on-new-chicago-parking-meter-iugbih4hav","count":8,"items":[{"id":"n_vlbrmis3mw2a6mtt5hkq","seq":795090,"kind":"article","title":"Chicago has a new parking meter deal. What happens next?","url":"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-has-a-new-parking-meter-deal-what-happens-next/3995524","summary":"It was one of the most reviled deals in recent Chicago history, an iron-clad package put together by Mayor Richard M. Daley and rubber-stamped by the City Council that allowed the city to lease its parking meters to a private company in return for $1.15 billion. In the years since the deal was adopted in 2008, subsequent mayors have tried to modify or nullify it with no success. 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