Disaster on Tap
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will unveil her 2021 budget forecast next week, kicking off what could be a painful budget cycle for the city’s taxpayers.
Earlier this summer, Lightfoot administration officials said next year’s budget could include a $1 billion shortfall. They also said the coronavirus pandemic put a $700 million hole in 2020′s spending plan, raising questions about how the city would plug its deficit. Lightfoot officials said the city will host a budget forecast on Monday, helping answer just how big the hole will be. But Lightfoot’s plan for plugging the yawning budget deficit will come later in the fall.
After the forecast, Lightfoot will hold four virtual town hall meetings aimed at getting feedback from residents “with a focus on engaging youth and the Latinx and African American communities.”
Here's a bright idea dumbass - instead of engaging "youth" who are a net negative on your cash flow, try engaging taxpayers and businesses since those are the ones who will be either financing your disaster or leaving town and taking their money with them.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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She is banking on a Biden bailout to save the city but will be in for a rude awakening when Trump is reelected!
Why did Lightfoot dump her US Marshal Commanding Officer? Rumors are this was not a voluntary retirement. Media start asking
What the hell is latinx ?
An awful lot of new hires during the hiring freeze at CDOT. No work experience in the trades and some people (and folks)
from the 8th and 34th wards get hired at the prevailing rate of (are you sitting down all you hard chargers?) $54.90 per hour as Linemen.
“with a focus on engaging youth and the Latinx and African American communities.”
I hope she “engages” them to let them know that they'll be paying for her mistakes for the rest of their lives.
rb
Circle the drain. Glug,Glug,Glug...
The thing these pandering pos a-hole leaders don't seem to give a shit about is that they are losing a lot more contributors than they are losing never contributed garbage. In 15-20yrs the only ones left in chitcago are going to be illegals and welfare shit.
The democratic answer for everything? Raise taxes. That is already Bidens platform, raise taxes for the workers. He says it out right, and yet the sheep still will vote for him. Waiting to be led to the slaughter.
“After the forecast, Lightfoot will hold four virtual town hall meetings aimed at getting feedback from residents “with a focus on engaging youth and the Latinx and African American communities.”
Engaging the youth, who don’t pay taxes nor pay the bills and lack knowledge, wisdom, experience and are overly idealistic and easily led. Have their older relatives come instead and all the business persons. Yes have some town meetings in Edgebrook, Edison Park, North Center, Lincoln Park, Streeterville, Gold Coast and many others who have a lot of ideas for you Madam Mayor. Sounds like you are excluding us, so don’t wait, we are so eager to meet you.
The Mayorass can hold all the meetings she wants...There are no business's left to talk about the plan...the only real plan that seems apparent was to bankrupt the city, allow justice to go unserved by a states attorney who DOES NOT DO HER JOB, which opened the door for crime to skyrocket like MURDER, LOOTING, ARSONS, CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, CARJACKING, etc...
We get it Groot but now you need to get it...whites and any other working class race with a brain will be fleeing your CRIME INFESTED BANKRUPTED HIGHTAXING NO SERVICE CITY quicker than the Chicago Fire burned it down!!! Good luck trying to straighten it out with all the losers you gave run of the streets! Maybe you can implement a tax on all the street vendors at the off ramps, that should solve your budget woes.
"After the forecast, Lightfoot will hold four virtual town hall meetings aimed at getting feedback from residents “with a focus on engaging youth and the Latinx and African American communities.”
"AFTER the forecast, you get to make a small squeaking sound."
Just a variation of the classic Delphi Technique, "creating the illusion of public participation."
* CTA decides to cut a bus route.
* They hold a meeting "for public comment."
* They ignore any opinions offered, and go ahead and make the cut.
Simple.
Groot destroyed the city. Now what.
Downtown is going to get worst. The businesses are going to leave because insurance companies won't cover them. And the insurance companies that will cover them will charge so much monthly that it doesn't make sense for them to stay. Let's be honest, taxes will go up and the middle class will always be sacrificed.
So Teacher says to kill the police.
My God. The social contract really has been voided. No concern for teaching kids where to go, who to call in an emergency.
I was trained on PO5-1313 and FI7-1313. Needed them a couple of times probably before age...8?
...so I called and they came.
Amazing.
Damn. She releases her budget the day I move out of state. I guess she won't be able to engage with me. I paid a lot of taxes.
This is like medieval times when you had to pay the Lord of the manor. Only now I can put my shit in a Uhaul and leave.
“...try engaging taxpayers and businesses since those are the ones who will be either financing your disaster or leaving town and taking their money with them.”
These people already know Lightfoot is full of crap. Engaging youth is right out of the democratic playbook; since the adults are beginning to see through the democrat BS, it's time to talk to people who don't know any better-young people and illegal immigrants. This will guarantee another forty years of votes. Then it will be someone else's problem.
rb
More coddling to the perpetually offended groups while conveniently paying lip service to those that carry the freight.
Tell ya what Groot, F.U. time to leave this shithole and go where they actually value those who produce and pay for things instead of leeches on society.
Let us see the bills from the 700 million they spent on Covid 19.
So ask stupid kids who don’t know shit about how to manage money because those classes were removed from schools. That makes sense
Give teacher/assholes(D/S/C) a pay increase Groots... them need it now more than ever, keep on stalling with the poleec. Win scenarios right here’s Grooter
This little troll of a supposed mayor hasn’t a clue as to how govern a city, let alone her own ilk. To say she is in over her head is an understatement. The businesses and tax payer, the economic engine of this rats nest of a city, are leaving in droves. Getting out and not looking back! And this moron want to engage those that are the leeches of society and contribute nothing. Great strategy there you little bug eyed varmint.
How much more money will we waste throwing it at programs? Has anyone ever been held accountable for these monies? Ill bet not.30-40 years of waste.
groot was talking up this shortfall for a while now. with this self imposed revenue shutdown over covid. this shortfall must be far larger than this silly goose will admit.
a escrow analysis shortfall is in a way double. pay it NOW or spread it over the coming twelve months.
think those peaceful youthful protesters give a rats ass over budgie concerns?
groot will be the first of a long string of voter term limited mayors.
sad part is they will all be democrat and reform minded.
Hilarious. Talk to people who don’t work or pay taxes. If you tried to do a worse job, I don’t think you could.
If she enagged the taxpayers and businesses she would not like what she heard. So end result is that there will be a huge defend the police outcry and she will have to comply with their wishes. 2000 fewer CPD on payroll at end of 2021. New hires if any will be allowed to have a criminal record and drug testing will be gone for any new hires.
But you all just keep voting Democratic since it is working so well for the city.
The only plan she has is guaranteed to hurt normal people.
Groot wants to connect with the youth because (1) she is about their size and (2) she thinks like a child and acts like one...what better connection!
The Daley-Emanuel-Lightfoot Democrat death spiral accelerates.
I can't wait to retire fast enough and leave Chicago and Cook County!
I can tell you exactly how that meeting will go :
Defund the police!
Don’t pay them no pension
Give that money to us!
Groot will say she can’t in good conscience ignore their voices any longer and must do what she feels is best for the taxpayers and not pay into the pension.
The call to JB and Madigan and the state constitution will be changed. It’s already a done deal.
start laying off,this city dont need 12 people cutting a tree,5 people changing a light,untold number working at the shop on 103rd,3 guys to change oil on a car etc,,
I went from $9,000.00 in property taxes, along with you ten cents a bag tax to $1,200.00 a year in property taxes and no bag tax. License plates were $36.00 a year and I can pay two years at a time. Gotta love Florida!
Laying and black youth are mentioned only to get votes. Lori has realized that White normal people won’t vote for her, only weirdo liberals and sjw and lgbtq Warriors. She will offer blacks and Latinos free money and that will insure her victory especially after Joyce, Vallas and gooFioretti jump into the race as a plant from the machine. Chico will jump in to.
I hope all you business leaders, wake up and leave ShitCago, you shitbag mayor could give two shits about you, but as usual you will stick around for the shit show!
Well, don't look for sales tax revenue from Mag Mile
Yes engage the "Youth" who do not have decent jobs yet and spend very little while taking up resources.
So, these virtual townhalls will not be addressing white people? Only Latinos, Afro-Americans and young people? Is that what we are coming to ? Open racism by our top elected official and not a word from the media or other elected officials?
Just read on a Blog that Amazon is building a huge warehouse 1400 S Cicero Ave in Cicero. Even leftist Jeff Bezos isn't crazy enough to locate within Chicago city limits. Amazon says when completed it will have a workforce of 1,000 full and part time employees. Blog says info came from Crain's Business Report.
All proposed promotion classes are being canceled! Going back to the Daley years of not hiring or promoting to help balance the budget.
Feedback. Is that one of those feel good words they use to make you think they give a shit. Or another one is “youths”. When you hear the word the first thing you think of is that little toddler riding their bike for the first time.
Goodbye city life...Green Acres here we come!!
nonymous said...
The Mayorass can hold all the meetings she wants...There are no business's left to talk about the plan...the only real plan that seems apparent was to bankrupt the city, allow justice to go unserved by a states attorney who DOES NOT DO HER JOB, which opened the door for crime to skyrocket like MURDER, LOOTING, ARSONS, CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, CARJACKING, etc...
We get it Groot but now you need to get it...whites and any other working class race with a brain will be fleeing your CRIME INFESTED BANKRUPTED HIGHTAXING NO SERVICE CITY quicker than the Chicago Fire burned it down!!! Good luck trying to straighten it out with all the losers you gave run of the streets! Maybe you can implement a tax on all the street vendors at the off ramps, that should solve your budget woes.
8/26/2020 01:45:00 AM
Rumor of the day is Soros will add substantially to her campaign fund at the end of her one term...
Over $1.5 billion of Taxpayer money sits in TIF working for the bank that holds the account probably paying Beverly Hillbillies Mr. Drysdale 0.003% interest (non-compounded). And we all know where Larri wants that money to go and to which labor unions get to control the Rebuild South & West side subpar contractor appropriations.
What are the insurance companies doling out to rebuild The Gold Coast? One financial organization estimated $400 million in losses/damage just for Larri’s Give them Space Memorial Day Riots.
Every non-election year budget (especially when there’s expired Contracts looming) have been declared disasters. But that +$1 bil in TIF is reserved for a wasteful CPS-CTU that already takes 52% of the tax bills and has a guaranteed levy added each year on top of the generous share of the TIF surpluses just because they can.
And with schools CLOSED, City Hall, County and all the Agencies CLOSED...where in the f*ck are the savings just for the gas, electric, cable tv internets phone bills, toilet paper, lunch room dish soap, floor wax and art teacher supples ???
Absentee Larri doesn’t give a shit. Plain and simple.
It wouldn’t be surprising if the napoleonic Larri LightFührer setting up her own coup d’etat just to get out.
Think about it, the only thing she spent more time at and had accountability for was elementary school...11 years worth until they figured out three years just enough for fifth grade.
As the city accelerates toward oblivion.
Next stop: Bankruptcy
Consider yourself warned.
Golf Tango Foxtrot Oscar
"...the coronavirus pandemic put a $700 million hole in 2020′s spending plan..."
Nope, Trib: misrule by our government officials put a $700 million hole in the plan: shutting down businesses, refusing to prosecute criminals, prohibiting opportunities for recreation -- these were done by people in government, not by a virus.
What's the largest -- and yet Untaxed -- thing/group/item/org in Chicago?
That's right boyz & gurlz... Gangs!
So all Larry has to do is come up with a way the city can 'Tax' Gangs & Gang Members. Note, it has to be a Tax, it can't be a Fee or Fine, aka a Mandate. That we were told by SCOTUS, or more accurately Chief Justice Roberts in the first ObamaDeathCare Lawsuit, is unconstitutional but a government's power to levy a Tax is basically unlimited. Even when the item being taxed is a behavior. In the case of ObamaDeathCare it was not buying a bloated gov approved health insurance plan, here the behavior would be joining a gang.
The Better Government Agency says there's 150,000 Gang members in Chicago so to close Larry's $1 Billion Dollar budget shortfall all Mayor LightFuhrer has to do is Tax every gang member $6,667 dollars per year. Which is just a measly $128.21 per week for each gangbanger, and those enterprising young lads make double that on a bad day.
Another plus would be the fun we'd get from watching some idiot democrat polician trying to defend the right of the gangs to be untaxed.
Squad, 12-X-Ray. And can I get an Event number.
Run for the hills! Now
You can see how badly they don't give a fuck. Now you can feeeel how badly they don't give a fuck. Watch how we end up with more people living and shitting in the street like San Fran.... Get a rough draft of pew pew maps and where the tents will be. Chicago = Detroit part 2.
Although, as a visitor, or tourist, and I really don't have a dog in this fight, let me take a stab at what would help.
Open it up, stop with the covid nonsense, let cops do their job and make the city safe to visit. I spend about $5k every time I come up in hotel bills, shopping, eating, and tourist stuff. And every bit is taxed.
I loved Chicago. But you elected emmanual, then whatever the current mayor is. And drovve it into the ground. So until you elect a mayor that cleans ups after those two, I probably won't be back.
How will murder stick in court for the 17 year old boy in Wisconsin.
Libtards stop attacking people and cslling it protests. Evil people running around burning down businesse and sometimes homes, are not protesters. They are comsidered violent felons. Stop acting like bitches when you get shot. You are asking for it.
More and more taxpayers will be moving to low-tax states. Illinois will be left with the leeches and bottom-feeders.
* The hate and ugliness that is Black Lives Matter *
White silence is violence': Aggressive mob of white BLM protesters threaten and film white diners at DC restaurants and DEMAND they raise their fist and show solidarity with them.... or else
Here, about 100 of blm's volunteer white army surrounds one poor woman sitting quietly outside a restaurant, threatening and bullying her.
This is like "Lord Of The Flies." Here are CHILDREN running around at night in the middle of a major civil disorder. Kids actively participating in this mob, issuing their demands to adults.
"Ugly" just doesn't cover it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8664345/Aggressive-crowd-BLM-protesters-accost-white-diners-outside-DC-restaurants.html
"nonymous said...
All proposed promotion classes are being canceled! Going back to the Daley years of not hiring or promoting to help balance the budget.
8/26/2020 10:09:00 AM"
Not replacing the 55 and out with medical premiums paid was a passive way of cutting payroll and pension contributions. This is all part of the plan to destroy economy which funds pensions through taxes. Frog eyes is taking her orders from the demoncrat-socialist-communist party. She isn't smart enough to figure it out on her own.
F Larri Leftfeets
https://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2020/08/not-family-friendly.html?m=0
I always hope that Groot checks on this site everyday and reads the comments.
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