Tom Tresser of the CivicLab (www.civiclab.us) was interviewed by Sasha-Ann Simons of the "Reset" Program on Chicago Public Radio WBEZ on May 10, 2021, We talk about the ideas in the book "Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve" and the concept of Civic Ubuntu and MorePublic. Reach us at info@civiclab.us (16 min, 11 sec).

Tom Tresser of the CivicLab Re-Imagines Chicago

Tom Tresser of the TIF Illumination Project (www.tifreports.com) gives an overview of Chicago's TIFs for 2022. Contact us at info@civiclab.us. (17 minutes)

Tom Tresser Talks TIFs "Outside The Loop" 8-26-23

Class #3 from "Civics 101" for i c stars Cycle 53, delivered October 12, 2023. The instructor is Tom Tresser, www.tresser.com. (1 hr, 30 min)

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Civics 101 - C53 - Class 3

Tom Tresser was part of a panel at the 2014 UIC Urban Forum with the doleful title "Who can balance a neighborhood's soul against the will of urban capitalism?" These are his remarks. 4 min, 35 sec. tom@civiclab.us - http://www.civiclab.us

"Three Chicagos - A Call For Bold Thinking"

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, at a meeting Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark, announced that Chicago had lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. "Chicago, having received the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round." The event would be given to  Rio de Janeiro.

Chicago loses bid at 2016 Olympics

Public Defender Tom Tresser (www.tresser.com) gave this presentation as part of the "Faulty Systems" performance day at Adler University on January 27, 2018. 14 minutes. Tom is the organizer and editor for "Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve" (www.wearenotbroke.org). Contact him at info@civiclab.us. Sing along!

Public Defender Fight Song

Tom Tresser was interviewed on WVON on February 5, 2020 by Kim Egonmwan and Matt McGill. We talked about TIFs and Mayor Lightfoot's announcement that day of so called reforms her administration was initiating around the use of public dollars in that much abused program. The CivicLab is calling for the abolition of TIFs - see our arguments at www.endtifsnow.org. Contact us at info@civiclab.us and bring us to YOUR community. The simple URL for this track = https://tinyurl.com/Tom-WVON-2-5-20.

Tom Tresser on WVON - 2-5-20

Tom Tresser is a civic educator and public defender. He has been doing grassroots democracy since 1973. Find out more at www.tresser.com.