A Shutdown?
Mayor Brandon Johnson warned Monday morning that Chicago was headed for its first-ever government shutdown after a marathon weekend meeting failed to break the budget deadlock gripping the city.
In a letter to the 26 members of the Chicago City Council who have signed on to a plan to bridge Chicago’s $1.19 billion budget gap without hiking taxes on large firms, Johnson said he was open to new ideas and continuing negotiations but said he would not allow the city’s budget to be balanced “on the backs of working people.”
“These proposals by some members of the Council are not ‘shared sacrifice’; it is only the poor who are sharing the sacrifice,” Johnson wrote. “Doubling garbage fees, cutting youth employment, and selling Chicagoans’ debt to the highest bidder puts significant additional financial strain on those with the least ability to afford it.”
“on the backs of working people.”
This after a onerous property tax increase - but he'll blame that on Cook County.
"Tax the wealthy!" but the wealthy will just move out of town like they've been doing for years now.
"Head tax!" which will causes businesses to close or move away, putting more pressure on the "backs of working people" who will have to commute farther.
- Officials cannot pass a short-term ordinance to keep City Hall functioning while negotiations continue, officials said. That means without a budget agreement, more than 30,000 workers will not be paid and city services will stop.
So what shuts down when no one gets paid? Garbage pick up? Snow plows? Parks? Water Department? Water treatment?OEMC? Fire, ambulance, police responses? Illegal alien services? We didn't notice when the federal government shut down for weeks.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
66 Comments:
Shut the whole place down, Chicago will be soon sinking into the abyss. That’s what the criminal democrats want.
An early pre Christmas snowfall and now this early pre Christmas gift!
Scare propaganda.
That’s all it is. Fear propaganda.
Believe nothing.
Question everything.
I guess that's what happens when you have no problem spending our tax money on thousands of illegals... a-hole
No paycheck but keep showing up for work because are police essential. I get extremely nervous having anymore than 100 CU hours on books, so showing up for free would be hella risky. Imagine being that sucker simp that works few months for free just to be told at the end “City don’t got yo’ money like dat”.
At least air traffic controllers aren’t easily irreplaceable. With us, the National Guard can step in and take over.
What a coincidence, a broke ass teacher that can't even pay his own bills gets installed as mayor of one of our largest cities to be a pimp for the fat illiterate commie teachers union and the city goes broke. Coincidence or is that racist. How many millions has he spent on his raggedy ass with his armored brigade,limousines, office redo, furniture , make up and cone polishing, baby momma bribes adnausium ? Shut it down and get it over with. Forecast is for very cold and lots of snow. Streets and water work massive ot all winter. Let the water freeze and shut down the city with snow. No cops,no bambulance, no fire trucks and then he will say the public be racist and shit. If there was ever a time for pitchforks and torches it is now. Record high taxes and the shitty is broke. Funny how dipshit spent a billion on foreign citizens and now the city is a billion short. Maybe asshole can sell lake Michigan to the Saudis
BLM Brandon is finding himself in a hole and the more he digs the deeper the hole gets. One would think before you ran for public office you would ask yourself, am I really qualified to be the mayor of one of the largest cities in America? What do I have to offer that others lack? What are my qualifications besides being a public school teacher? What if things don't work out, what do I do, who do I call? How long can I keep feeding them the malarkey? These were questions he should have asked himself years ago. It's too late now.
A city shutdown is different than a federal shutdown.
There will be no service.
Oh, you will notice here. People panic when there is over 2 in of snow. Make sure you have a safe house, relative or friend out of the city that you crash at until the crisis is over if it ever comes.
The news covered the angry west siders that gathered to complain why their taxes went up. Well maybe because you chose to vote for people who supported the downtown rioters and looters that chased businesses away, the ones thst paid much bigger property taxes. You supported politicians who chose to shut down businesses during covid that many never came back. The evil rich people who if you saw their property tax bill your jaw would drop but that's ok because many of them have left illinois and now the black and brown people have to take some of the slack. Enjoy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-parking-meters-have-generated-2b-for-private-company-audits-show/3741103/
Wow! $2B already!
Thanks lil dick!
As the great Barry Obama once said, elections have consequences, enjoy your tax increases my black and brown brothers.
Cmon SCC, this is all classic city of chicago theatre.
BJ the clown will find 26 clowns to pass a magic fairy dust budget just in the NICK of time before Christmas
The way it works. Make people so miserable they'll pay. Well, there's more than one way to pay, maybe the people should try one.
The all time winner excuse, Trump's fault....
ha ha pretty funny calls for a shutdown 😂😂 after he was just moaning about Trumps and the democrats shutting it down .
Subsidize illegals for every whim and hand us the bill, that’s what happened and never addressed is how to stop spending money on bullshit
Shutter down the turlet
so CPS has hundreds of employees do they pay the head tax? Peoples Gas? AT &T? Com ed? I know its a "corporate" head tax but I'm sure the corporate employees number over a hundred
Shut down the CTU.
hey, I know,,,, just raise the parking meter rates,,,,, oh wait, that's right
This is dummycrat vs. other dummycrats. There is no honor among thieves.
Here's a thought - how about spending less to balance the budget.
The Ghetto Mayor don’t compomise
Corrupt politicians, high crime, high taxes, policies ensuring most tax dollars are spent so illegals can have free health care, housing and education. None of this seems to bother the stupid voters of this city, county and state. Years ago, Toni Preckwinkle enacts a tax on sugar products and the voters go nuts. Make it make sense.
I'll start my furlough now. Not a problem. I'll stay home.
Sun Times reporting today that the city may have to borrow the $477 million for CFD back pay. Monies they said they had on hand when they signed the latest contract. So now they'll have to pay INTEREST on back pay for a contract that should have been settled almost 5 years ago. And they'll most certainly miss the deadline for paying that back pay to the membership meaning they'll have to pay interest to the CFD members too. This is the cost taxpayers are forced to endure when the city does not bargain in good faith
Brandon, you don’t even have to raise any taxes, there is so much waste in city of Chicago government. Cut the FAT in your budget. Class over.
Brandon knows hes done and is going scroached earth on the way out. Next mayor will have a lot of shit to shovel back in the truck!
Sell your place for top dollar then move to Georgia. 25 years from now rhe city will be a playground for the rich. Thats the plan.
Meanwhile Kristi Noem is passing out 10K checks to TSA at TPA for essential workers that showed up during shut down.
How that was ever allowed to happen and be legal is an absolute travesty to the city ! No politician should be allowed to negotiate such a long term contract that cannot be voided. !
The AG should check the OT over at 103rd guys are making over 150.000 a year and sleeping 90%
Here’s a novel idea. Cut back on spending.
It’s already starting. I don’t think the City plowed ANY side streets. One more big snow and we will be on the ropes. Imagine if they stopped garbage pickup too? I’m gonna fly dump all my trash at City Hall. Only thing that may be amusing in all this will be all the liberals wondering exactly what happened to this super progressive City.
If Mayor Johnson shuts the city of Chicago's government down, will Mayor Johnson and the 50 aldermen still be paid?
Bruh! Conehead don't give a shit about any of that. He can't be fired and the four pensions he's going to collect are going to total over a MILLION dollars a year...
And the FOP should state that if its members are in a no pay status THEY STAY HOME. CFD should do the same. The National Guard can't cover the city. Not even with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines helping. The asshole aldercreatures might actually grow a spine and remove the asshole from office after he allows the city to burn...
Raise the being an illegal tax. There is one right?
It's Called a Paid Vacation for already Majority Busy Work City Dept. Taxpayers taking it again in the Corn, Poor Folks will have to police up their Garbage or just let the snow bury it. Rats gotta breed N feed.
Shut it down...for as long as is possible. Until the mainstream media starts asking the right questions. Like whom is really responsible for this, and where did all the money really go?
1)They cant raise your taxes during a shut down
2) How long until Mayor Zoloft calls the shutdown "racist"?
let him live without his security, shivering in his basement having a breakdown, idiot.
Be careful what you wish for....
What do you think would happen to our pensions if you get your wish?
Threatening a shutdown is a party from Trump's playbook.
In the event of a shutdown, the first ones to have their pay withheld should be the elected officials and their bloated staffs, followed by the overpaid department heads and any do nothing bureaucrat with the title "Deputy" anything.
Brandon, Why did U waste all Chicago taxpayer money on illegal ailens.
Aaahhhhh….Brandon. Just cut some crap out of your budget.
Relax and don’t lose any sleep over that. You will get you time. Happens every year and the budget gets passed and for decades pos have been saying the city will file bankruptcy , hasn’t happened and won’t happen. When city came out with deferred comp and the naysayers were saying city will go broke and you will lose all your money and pension. Glad I didn’t listen and have been retired for 15 years and enjoying my pension and deferred
I wonder if the Sun Times knows how much they owe us from the VRI/SDI overtime initiatives.
Saw that stammering fuck on the news this morning. He looked lost trying to explain his idea for the budget.
Not that Vallas would have been great at least he would have been better.
I dont think people save hours like they did in the past. This generation is about enjoying your free time. The days of amassing thousands of hours to sell back at retirement are over.
Problem is..people dont get out to vote..if everyone did this asshole wouldn't be Mayor!
Where did he get the money from to fund all of the illegal immigrants that he let into the city? Why is nobody asking that question?
Not really, a working detective does a lot of specialized work. A ghost payroll detective is less than worthless.
Covid Money dummy.
"So what shuts down when no one gets paid?"
On the federal side, EVERYBODY gets back pay, whether they come to work or not.
Yeah I’ll be on the medical the entire time
Those are questions that someone with a first world brain would ask. BJ is someone with a 3rd world, banana republic brain somehow running a first world city. Though we all know that Chicago isn't a first world anything anymore.
Here’s a serious question-
Police and Fire can’t strike.
But if we’re not getting paid, do we have to show up?
My kids pet goldfish would be better than Johnson
I have a feeling Brandon Johnson threatened to take his ball and go home a lot when he was a kid.
Relax you boner, it’s not the purge happening. Garbage wouldn’t be picked up for a day or two. Safe house, you dork.
I use my comp for time off and traveling. Don’t care about amassing 1,000 hours. I’d rather travel with the family while I’m young and still can.
Hear hear!
Damnocrats don't know how to do that
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