Mike Stephen talks with:

• Roosevelt Institute fellow and ReFund America Project director Saqib Bhatti about his In these Times piece “Why Chicago Won’t Go Bankrupt—And Detroit Didn’t Have To;”

• Urban Sketchers Chicago co-administrator Wes Douglas for a preview of his organization’s seminar next weekend; and

• The Expired Meter blogger The Parking Ticket Geek about “How To Avoid & Beat Residential Permit Parking Tickets.”

This week’s local music is provided by Armitage.

Outside the Loop host Mike Stephen shows off one of his many City of Chicago parking tickets. [circa September 2013]

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