Lobbying Disclosure: Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Sidewalk Cafe Proposal
April 1, 2015
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The Frame
This document discloses that a private restaurant group is formally engaging city officials to influence the approval process for a sidewalk cafe, which impacts public right-of-way usage.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc.
The company is seeking administrative approval for a sidewalk cafe project.
Chicago Department of Transportation
The department is the regulatory body responsible for reviewing and approving sidewalk cafe proposals.
Last recorded activity April 1, 2015.
Next step not available in the current record.
Summary
Key Facts
- Michael Houlihan acted as the lobbyist for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc.
- The lobbying activity took place between April 1, 2015, and June 30, 2015.
- The contact was directed at the Chicago Department of Transportation.
- The purpose of the contact was to discuss a proposed sidewalk cafe.
Why It Matters
This document discloses that a private restaurant group is formally engaging city officials to influence the approval process for a sidewalk cafe, which impacts public right-of-way usage.
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Quarterly Reporting
The lobbying activity is reported within a standard three-month quarterly window (April-June 2015).
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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