OK, This is a Start

We and the readers have suggested many times over the years that someone make a list of all the crimes and violations that the "community" isn't obliged to obey. It seems that Groot has taken us up on our suggestion:

• Chicago has become “addicted” to balancing its budget on the backs of people who can least afford it and it’ll take years to wean the city from that habit, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday.
  
  Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to bring equity to an overly punitive ticketing, towing and booting policy that has unfairly targeted minorities and forced thousands into bankruptcy.
  
  She promised to stop booting for non-moving violations, “sunset” red light cameras being used for “revenue — not safety” — and abolish city stickers that are the source of many tickets.

So the "community" doesn't have to pay for parking, compliance violations or city stickers. And how will she make up the revenue?

• Her plan is to replace them with dramatically higher fees on the ride-hailing services whose vehicles have exacerbated congestion.
  
  Lightfoot also pledged to end water shut-offs and avoid raising the property taxes that more than doubled under Rahm Emanuel — at least until the much-maligned assessment system is reformed.

We're a bit fuzzy on the math, but somehow, NOT collecting on water bills will help balance the budget? And bullying the ride-sharing businesses to take their fares to suburban locations where users can spend their money out of town? That's supposed to work, too?

This progressive math is a wonder to behold.