Money From Where?
Conehead says money is tight. Police classes are cancelled. Fire apparatus isn't being repaired. OT will be sharply restricted. Layoffs are likely. He might even have to raise taxes.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters this week that "everything is on table," including the potential layoff of city workers, which Johnson said he hopes to avoid, as the city grapples with how to address a nearly billion-dollar budget shortfall.
But invoices and receipts uncovered by NBC 5 Investigates are raising questions about why during a time of financial crisis did the city spend more than $80,000 redecorating and renovating an office in the Chicago Cultural Center for First Lady Stacie Johnson.
The invoices and receipts, obtained by NBC 5 Investigates through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, show that work order requests began in February and continued through August of this year to renovate and redecorate Room 306 in the Chicago Cultural Center.
It's getting so a mayor can't even afford to go on a "business trip" to London, but by golly:
- One invoice shows the city was billed more than $43,000 for furniture, including a $2,200 high-back executive chair and a $4,400 desk that's referenced on the invoice as "First Lady's Desk." Another $4,600 is listed for what appears to be the desk for a staffer. The same invoice shows more than $8,300 was spent on two club chairs.
Someone's ass is going to be pampered by a $4,000 chair.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
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Can you say Alderman "Ike" Carothers?
Both he AND his daddy went to the penitentiary for the same thing!
She's gotta do him.....$4,000.00 chair....decent trade off.
Looking at those teeth when doing him....not worth a Maserati!
More buses of illegals will help this....
Layoffs, ya say?
Well, I guess it sucks to be a civilian CPD employee right about now. That’s right, kiddies… get used to learning the tasks and duties normally performed by the civilians in your unit as well as picking up OT in their absence. This shitshow ain’t gonna be getting better anytime soon.
If my math is correct 13,500 is not accounted for what I know I'm a grad of cps.
“Johnson criticized the questions from NBC 5 Investigates”
Mayor BLM Brandon has Saul Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals” down pat. He is a true Marxist. He’s mean, ignorant, arrogant and has no shame. He plays the race card into any interaction he has with others. He never answers the questions, even though they are pretty mild, that the news media puts forth. He is Chicago’s Kim Jon Uh.
“ Chicago Trembles at the Curses of Mayor Johnson”
By John Kass
October 9, 2024 johnkassnees.com
As much as I despise the federal government, I think it's about time Brandon Johnson was investigated for malfeasance and civil rights violations, considering the guy is a blatant racist. As a white man, I feel unsafe under the yoke of this administration!
At the post city council press conference the mayor was asked about layoffs given the CPS & city budget defecits. He responded "they are on the table" for all city departments, but he can't support "any personnel cuts" at CPS, especially "Black women".
Retired in Texas……
It was funny at first…but now this clown is showing signs of trying to be a light weight king…
30k hair cuts and nose trimming…(and probably his rear end too)
150 person security detail….
A trip to the UK to watch the Bears under the guise of “drumming up business for the city”
And now this!!!!
This imbecile should be thrown out of office immediately……
Stay safe y’all!!!
Curious as to where in the budget her role is being funded from?
Is she being paid? Is she having taxes witheld? Just for fun who is paying for his suits? Is CTU paying? His barber? China?
Audit? Anyone care to audit? City Council, IRS, City Manager, FBI, Buehler??? Buehler???
$80,000 is chump change when it comes to union labor on a job and high end commercial furniture. Cruise through merchandise mart and shop around for professional office equipment. I’m surprised it’s not an $800,000 bill. Be happy it’s only $80,000.
“It’s our turn now”. “Because we can”.
Our chairs in 005 district for completing reports are made with fabric. They have stains all over them. I stand while I typing.
Can someone FOIA the cost of the Bearcation in London?
You know the city is hard up for money when they fradulently write up over 50 parking tickets for street cleaning within a four block radius in the 14 ward . Neighbors are pissed off
As if the signs were posted in compliance with the ordinance yeah right tell it to the sweeny
All I can say is that the people who warned you about these things are laughing their asses off.
"Someone's ass is going to be pampered by a $4,000 chair." IF/when he's there or not on a "vacation" I guess.
Moneys no object when its SOMEONE elses money. Throw this shitty mayor out along with that Dolton dolt of a mayor Ms Thang
I found a nice office chair on amazon for $40 w/ free shipping
It's pretty comfy
Time for cuts in city government.
A reduction of Wards could save millions. Cut it from 50 to say, 20. Get rid of the CPD and CFD boats too. Let the Coast Guard work the waters.
DO NOT ask this question at a presser. Cuz, you know, it's racist to ask this of a black mayor. Deflection at it's finest.
Didn't Conehead say he wasn't going to defund the police during the election? The furthur ghettofication of Chicago continues...
Can someone start an audit on this motherfucker!! I am sure the 1st lady shouldn't be getting a chair on our dime!!
This is close to the amount JCat spent to refurnish his FOP Office. It's so easy to spend other people's money. Keep paying those dues to King John and his jokers.
How about closing schools with less the 40% occupancy?
Brandon probably got his mistress pregnant in that office. Or maybe he got Monica Lewisky'd in that 4k chair. Just not by the "first lady" .
Conehead is creating a hostile workplace for anyone not of color.
It is clearly racist to attempt that.
These mother fucking democrats think that they are somehow royalty, and can piss away taxpayers dollars without any accountability ! Get ready for more property tax increases to pay for this shit you fucking sheep !
I guarantee if a reporter asks him about reparations he’d give a stupid answer about the importance of looking into it and doing it. Yeah raise my property tax so these dudes can flex in their SRTs…..
To the victor belong the spoils.
Is Brandon going to make a side trip to this location to visit the hero of the progressives?
https://highgatecemetery.org/explore/karl-marx
You can
They had/have money for expensive concrete bike lanes/curbs. They have screwed up most streets by reducing lanes and snarling traffic. Bicyclists do not pay the same fees that automobile operators have to and yet they get these expensive changes to occur. No plate sticker. No city sticker. No gas tax. To top it off they don't even obey stop signs and traffic signals.
You guys have chairs???
Time to discontinue the SDSC rooms at each district. Have one at the Area and free up those officers. Officers can notify the area sdsc rooms of anything of importance. Area scsd rooms can make all slides and slides and monitor a citywide. Just one idea. Something has to give to staff the best cars.
Mayor Johnson should have gone to IKEA
They can’t layoff anyone at CPD unless they layoff every other city employee.
Being an expert in buttocks, I can say with authority that are very few that deserve a four thousand dollar chair
SCC: "Money from where?"
You the taxpayer!!
Oh NBC… look at you go!
First you got Marynann Ahern chasing down the Mayor, and now pretending to be doing “investigative journalism”.
Chicago press corp is a joke.
Just pay your taxes, and vote democrat for more...
So let me get this straight. The "first lady's desk" costs $4,400 and her chair costs $4,000? How about some milk crates and plywood like the homeless people on 63rd Street. BJ better get to learning his nobility at Buckingham Palace learning how be a king and his wife a Nubian Queen. Its nice to respect your black queen to the point it's obscene when you can use the taxes from the serfs on your home turf.
Its nice that the mayor respects his wife with taxpayer provided gifts. What is this fool gonna get his most recent baby mama with access to unlimited public monies? We just have to wait and see what government provides as a result of his side action as a smooth operator.
On the other hand, Doug "Doggie Fresh" Emhoff, current partner to the VP, is a misogynist and has a long history of disrespecting his females. Dog Emhoff knocks up the youthful nanny violating her dignity and arranges an abortion. This isn't kosher Dougie. Devout democrat Emhoff has a federal EEOC civil complaint that he discriminated against biological womens in the workplace with his own version of harassment techniques. And then this 1st Mentalman fool bitch-slaps his female plaything at the Cannes Film Festival desecrating her womanhood. A top democrat mover and shaker. A typical high ranking lady's man democrat with a track record disrespecting women's rights and violating their bodies. And where is the media that is all for the women. Maybe the Doug Emhoff collection of sorid affairs should be highlighted during women's month exposing his female conquests.
You lost, get over it.
Wrong junior. They have to lay off every police department non-sworn employee before they lay off any sworn personnel.
Who does Brandon think he’s married to? Maggie Daley.
If they simply obey the law, there would be no problem
BO telling the brothers to vote for the colored lady. The Brothers ain’t buying the BS. She n Joe hasn’t done anything.
Prices are high, crimes high while old Barrack living large in Martha’s Vineyard. No illegals there . He trying to bamboozle the brothers. This brother ain’t buying his BS.
I didn’t think anyone could be worse than “Big dick” Lightfoot. Boy was I wrong. This incompetent asshole is so way over his head. Whenever he gets asked a question, it’s all about race, every fucking time. He is just like Kamala, doesn’t have a damn clue and just rambles and rambles.
Chicago is in a downward spiral with this goof and if she gets in our country is screwed. Seriously, Trump doesn’t know how to shut his mouth or know how to stop tweeting, but at least we had a better economy and no new wars.
Rant over.
Yep- that’s the justification
These chairs are worth more than the asses sitting on them.
Why does she need a chair or even the office? She never leaves her house. They deliver her coffee to her house. She doesn’t take her kids to school. The detail drivers do it.
First of all, what is this “FirstLady” bullshit? Nobody elected that scumbag’s family.
Well, please tell your other brothers to make sure they either vote early or show up on Election Day. BO won bc people showed up.
Lol
She’s light on him. She afraid of losing her media credentials.
Separates units. separates room.
Yup greedy narcissists lost to other greedy narcissists. The real losers are the members. Regardless of who won, our dues shouldn't be pissed away on every whim and want of Catanzaras. We work too hard to constantly have our dues spent on luxury dinners, trips and items.
If he could he would layoff whites only regardless of seniority!
ConeHead is in London. While there, he will visit his " Cousin", who is an executive with a Tech Company...... They happen to manufacture a system called "Reverberation Locator". It is the latest thing in Neighborhood Security. !!
Our street on Halsted was redone with these concrete bike lanes and now we have to park 12 feet from the curb to park in front of our house. Haven't seen the promised mini-street sweeper yet either to clean the bike lanes/curbs.
Who does she think she is? Ma Daley?
20 Alderman is more than enough. End all the administrative positions in both departments that could be done by a civilian. marine Unit is important.
The Emhoff scandal is covered up by the media whores and goes to media hell with the rest of the Biden/Harris/Walz lies, deception and buffoonery. The media are masters of deceit and deception.
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