Endgame

The good news is Chicago's financial problems are finally hitting a national audience.

The bad news is it isn't a huge audience and there probably isn't any way to stop it entirely:

• There's nothing hotter than a little blue-on-blue action, and things are getting steamy at Chicago's City Hall as Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies go to war with other Democrats over the scraps of the Windy City's finances

  We're in the endgame now.

  Jim Talamonti reported for Center Square on Tuesday that Johnson's allies "launched a seven-figure campaign" to support the mayor's budget because opponents argue that "the mayor’s tax plans will send the city into an economic death spiral and could bring about costly litigation."

  As of today, Chicago's political position is probably best described as paralysis. 

The blue shithole cities and states are going to have to fail....and fail badly, for there to be any real efforts at reform. It's an interesting article, but offers no real solutions.