(Chicago Sun Times0 — Mayor Daley wants to merge the departments of Community Development and Zoning to put economic development and neighborhood planning under one roof, but the consolidation doesn’t go far enough for the City Council’s most powerful alderman.  Arguing that development in Chicago has ground to a halt, Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) said it’s time to outsource the jobs of scores of city planners who are sitting around with virtually nothing to do.

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