Article: Five To Four; The Ruse Is Up

You don't need journalism school to understand one of journalism's basic tenets: Follow the money. The only catch, however, is when the people with the money try to circumvent public disclosure laws. Take, for example, the group of anti-monorail property owners known as OnTrack, including $3.2 billion Chicago-based Fortune 500 firm Equity Office Properties which owns $283 million worth of property along the monorail's proposed Second Avenue route, $80 million Second Avenue property owner Martin Selig, $12 million Second Avenue property owner Greg Smith, and $22 million Second Avenue property owner Aaron Alhadeff.

By circumventing public disclosure rules, these folks have been able to ...

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