Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“It’s good when the latest horrific loot-and-pillage ideas of the latest horrific mayor of your city keep getting shot down. The people of Chicago must hope that this continues. But it would be better to have a mayor who doesn’t make it necessary. Chicago’s city council recently met in a special session to consider Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to hike property taxes by $300 million to help balance the budget. Councilmen defeated the idea 50-0. In pitching his plan, Johnson had said that the only alternative was major cuts to the numbers of police officers and fire fighters. There would also be fewer trash pickups, less tree trimming, more rats. Off the table? Any reductions in public school spending.” (12/03/24)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2024/12/03/somebody-different-chicago/