Deadbeat Groot

Anyone actually surprised that someone who was a disaster of a mayor is a disaster throughout life?

• [paywalled Tribune article] Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot was sued late last year for unpaid credit card debt, records show.

  Lightfoot was served in October at her Chicago home with a lawsuit from JPMorgan Chase Bank for allegedly failing to pay about $11,078 in bills, according to a copy of the complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

  The suit says that Lightfoot did not object to the bank’s last statement issued before it declared her debt a charge-off in March. Her last payment on the card was in August 2025, amounting to $5,000, and her next court hearing in the case is in December, according to the complaint.

  Through a spokesperson, Lightfoot declined comment on Monday.

Funny how this happened in October, but it didn't hit the media until yesterday. Almost like they're covering for Groot in case she decided to run again. She shouldn't be hurting for cash:

• [Groot has been] serving as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy as well as teaching at Harvard University and the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.

• She reported taking out $210,000 in early distributions from retirement accounts that year to supplement her mayoral salary.

  While working as a partner at law firm Mayer Brown before becoming mayor, Lightfoot reported an average adjusted gross income of $971,626 from 2014 through 2017.

And speaking of loser mayors, anyone want to call in to this disaster?

• Mayor Brandon Johnson returns to WBEZ 91.5 on Tuesday to answer listener questions live on the morning talk show “In the Loop” with host Sasha-Ann Simons. Listeners can call in at 866-915-WBEZ to present their concerns directly starting at 9 a.m.

A couple ideas for questions:

• have you paid that water bill yet or is does the position of mayor absolve you of pending debt....like Groot?
• is your actual residence in Lombard as rumor has it and not the 015 District pretend address?
• who does your hair?

Additional suggestions in the comments.