City boasts it’s filling potholes within 2 1/2 days of hearing about them

Chicago’s never-ending war on potholes may not be so never-ending after all. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration boasted Wednesday that it has eliminated the 9,000-pothole backlog the mayor inherited when he took office in mid-May and now is “keeping pace with daily” requests to fill potholes. …Read More

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