This is Legal?
An "executive order" to redirect $100 million from some place that has already been allocated by the City Council?
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Thursday establishing the city's first Office of Gun Violence Reduction.
He said it will strengthen efforts to prevent violence by coordinating resources across departments and focusing on communities most in need.
Johnson, joined by community and religious leaders at City Hall, announced the new office as part of a broader push to address gun violence in a city that has recently seen a decline in murders. The initiative is intended to build on that progress by expanding prevention strategies and improving the delivery of services.
Where's the input from elected representatives? Hearings? An accounting of money?
Johnson said the office will have 17 members, including representatives from CVI organizations, grassroots organizations, faith leaders, mental health professionals and philanthropic partners.
The office is expected to publish monthly reports on possible progress of violence reduction investments and activities.
"The establishment of OGVR represents a long-term commitment to building safer communities and addressing root causes of violence," said Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Andre, with the Mayor's Office of Community Safety.
Sounds like bullshit. And it sounds like a bunch of people - seventeen to be exact - might be drawing six-digit salaries without any input from aldercreatures.
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
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And the grift continues.
The executive branch has overstepped its powers.
What a maroon
Sounds like BJ and company are stealing $100,000,000
try walking on the Dan Ryan for 2 hours one Saturday afternoon
Here's a link to the actual order. It mentions funding a lot. And I don't see much oversight. But hey, they'll meet quarterly.
https://www.chicityclerk.com/legislation-records/journals-and-reports/executive-orders
More wasteful spending and funneling money to friends and family.
It's the Chicago way...
Besides the 17 making money, you will have the outreach and grants folks (and people) getting money, some of which will go right back into certain campaign funds.
And the City Council is just going to sit on their useless, lazy asses and say nothing? Yeah.
Democrat’s continue to ruin our city. Sad. Just sad.
I'd like to apply & I have a great idea. Take our budget, and invest in police. Invest in an academy, invest in shotspotter, invest in more police, take the handcuffs OFF of the police. Let them chase & let them do their jobs.
That would curb da violence? Wait this just came to me. Put bad people/folk in jail & prison!!!!!!
Dude can't shoot or kill me from Pontiac IDOC.
Where do I get my check??
If you want to see the full video of Mayor Conehead's signing of the executive order it's at City of Chicago Office of the Mayor. It was signed in the "Peoples Room" with the people and the "Rev-Runds" surrounding him. They always add that fake legitimacy to anything he is pushing. The room is filled with only persons of one race. Why is that? I think he may be the greatest film-flam, snake oil salesman of all time. And the taxpayers get fleeced again paying for a phoney patronage jobs program that will be a bust. He has no scruples.
Got to keep the grift going.
Nice district 016. I thought that was the promise land ?
Upside down world, will common sense ever return to Chicago. Hold criminals highly accountable and let the police be the police. I really don’t know if I can take 20 more years of this.
This won't fix the actual problem.
95% of those funds will go into pockets. Salaries, benefits, pensions, vendor contracts, etc. Oh, and those magical "campaign donations"
No more Kings.eh?
Just another NGO to hand more money to people who don't work don't produce anything and just Suck the life out of a once great city. NOT one white person on this OR a Hispanic Go Figure.... It is time for the Feds to go after Johnson and the CTU for that missing 5 million from the union coffers......
What a crock of shit. Funding a new development with $100M and we don’t know who’s running it and what they’re going g to be doing? This is fricken criminal.
SCC (as always) calls it for what it is: BS! So Brandon is going to waste money on make-work, do-nothing political patronage positions. I can think of a lot more important things to spend money on (ie: pension funding). I hope that money comes from the CPS budget because it is bloated and the problem is primarily with "da yutes." (Please don't demonize da yutes).
Useless commie project.
Gun violence reduction begins when the courts hold people accountable for their actions
Money hungry people, Ghetto THIEVES !!
100 million dollars 🤣🤣
They got that money from their magic fairy dust budget they passed last year. 🤪chicago is broke ass 1.6 billion
this is where the huge property tax increases is going. no accountability, no say so from the people of Chicago. He's just giving our money to his cronies who he thinks will help him get relected. 100 million would be better spent on more police and not group t-shirts these so called"violence preventers" wear.
time to use the Democrat playbook against this bullshit and file a lawsuit asking for an immediate injunction.
this sounds like the start of something like all those "daycare centers" in minnesota, or maybe a "learing center"
I would bet these jobs will be doled out to brothers-in-laws, friends of a friend and other connected grifters. Does anyone else find it suspicious that this idea was born and bankrolled so r?
The Ghetto mayor paying for support for his re-election.
17 people $100 million. Well, you gotta buy everybody a new vehicle and pay them couple hundred grand apiece or more than they have to put money in his campaign contributors pockets so they keep giving her money I would strongly bet he’s gonna take it from the police budget. He’s a communist just like what happened in New York keeps happening here!
Communerty finna get hunnit thou a year jobs.
The money tree scam continues. Can't wait to see the list of police haters on this list.
This is a money grab for a group of people that are unemployable anywhere else. This is crazy that this administration does whatever it wants even though they cry poor mouth. Here’s some news for you as well. Numerous contractors are suing the City of Chicago and the Obama Museum or whatever it’s called because both the city and Obama group owe millions of dollars to these contractors.
I close my eyes and I can imagine the 17 individuals in a group picture. B4 it's all over 4 will be accused of redirecting (stealing) funding and the murder numbers will increase and/or remain unchanged. Book it.
My sources tell me they will be taking 6 po’s and 1 sgt from every district to meet at 35th st and to be deployed wherever this new group wants them to go
This is Brandon’s violence reduction political nonsense on steroids. Just wasting taxpayer money on patronage.
Just straight up theft. They don’t even hide it because nobody questions it.
File a lawsuit in a DemoRatic City with DemoRatic corrupt judges??? You must be another moron like BJ!
Sound like Tier Deployment we used to do a while back
who are the 17? No job posting? All of a sudden you magically have 17 thieves, i mean people, making a paycheck. I thought BJ sad crime was down and didnt need Trumps help but we need this program???
More of BJ's family and friends stealing from taxpayers. I hope these Mayoral Candidates start speaking up on this. Funny no one questions this?? Aldercreatures??
Sounds like a good gig
Will those 17 people have complete background checks done on them?
You want to reduce violence, let the police do their jobs and put criminals in prison for the maximum term. There, I solved it for you for free. Now give me the 100 million
Hey here's an idea. Do more traffic stop and street stops of unsavory gang bangers. I bet that you'll get an unlawful gun 3 out of 100 focused stops. I have the stats to prove it too.
What an imbassle
A grift even the Obamas are jealous of...
Each one of those people will show up at an officer involved shooting and start trouble too, but they will never show up at a criminal shooting, they might get shot.
Just in time for a week of temps in the 90’s AND The 4th of July!!!
Brandon is a friggin’ life saver, that’s what he is!!!
It shouldn’t be too much longer. City of Chicago checks will begin to be stamped NSF.
What you need is a checkUP, cuz u b delusional.
They already have an OGVR, it's called the Police Department and the Cook County state's attorney. Just pissing another 100 million right into the wind.
right before he gets booted out
That sounds awful. My guess is that all these PO’s will probably be PPO’s with no knowledge or experience with anything. More smoke and mirrors.
No such thing as "gun violence" everyone knows what it really is
Put thay money into the pensions
Not anymore. I was smart and left that shithole city/state 10 years ago.
Where does he get the authority to “rob from Peter to pay Paul” from monies already designated to other sources? Don’t we have a City Council? An Inspector General? Outright PATRONAGE which is against the law! Aren’t we broke enough? Isn’t the city budget already a billion or more in the HOLE?
just dude stealing. thats all.
Huh? Serious question. How do you think 🤔 that tidy little number was arrived at??? $100,000,000. I mean lottery payouts are not even such clean, symmetrical numbers. And how about a little makey uppy creativity. Call it a “Grant.” Throw in a little “matching funding” from the “interested bidness community.”
Even your headline, How is THIS legal?
When NOT following some laws becomes SOP. It really isn’t much of a leap to not following ANY laws. ESPECIALLY with a public that has been beaten down for AT LEAST 15 years of especially heinous political leadership. Any citizens of Chicago that would have cared at one time now live as if they have Stockholm Syndrome.
Grifters are gonna grift...
One hundred million added to the CPD budget and a green light for the PD to do their job would most likely fix the problem. But Johnson isn't smarter than a fifth grader.
Will garbage truck drivers be represented?
It's easy. Appoint one person from every aldercreatures family.
And the Left equates Trump with the No Kings BS!
Find a Red state and start applying for jobs. Texas and Florida departments are good places to start..
Fuck the World Cup! Chicago has " The Grifter Games"...
How do I get that job? I'll take a six figure salary. I'll even show up at the quarterly meetings, which is more that most will do.
Just sent the link to the fbi and Kash Patel. Hope the $100,000,000 sum will get the FBI’s attention.
bradom says this time the tax dollars will be put to good use (hahahahahaha)
Other than making 100 Million evaporate into thin air, it sounds like the mayor has No plan, No plan at all. Conehead the Dumb strikes again! He is even dumber than he looks.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/25/mayor-johnsons-team-secretly-offered-3-3-billion-to-buy-back-citys-parking-meters-other-bidder-says/?utm_content=bufferdf32b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
BJ is a stone cold Moron. The city needs a recall provision. No city can survive one let alone two 4 year terms with a racist incompetent mayor.
One more mayor like this and they will destroy the city from within.
God help us and our pensions.
I will sign up for one of those spots. Does it come with 364 medical days, raises every year, BFDs, personal days, and a pension?
Caitlin Clark should file a police report for battery , it’s a felony committed in a public place.
Possibly a Hate Crime
…don’t forget their security details!
The Boy knows his time in office is over so he’s gonna steal as much taxpayers money as he can before his corrupt ass is gone !
Will this group actually go into the streets to identify witnesses and offenders involved in shootings and share that information? Can they be contacted by the police for assistance? How will their success be measured? Smoke and mirrors at it's best.
Yes. That would help!
How much money can they steal or redirect disguised as “root causes”
Democrat Socialists of America Rule. Shut up and obey. Your money is our money.
yet no executive order for the police to actually be able to go out there and be the police by arresting the criminal's and having the judges impose a jail sentence
More bureaucracy, more do nothing 6 figure jobs, more burden to the few remaining taxpayers.
$100,000,000 ÷ 17 = 5,882,352 / per person. What exactly are these 17 persons with no guns foing to do to.stop crimes committed with guns? Point fingers 👉🏽 at problems and root causes? Pay me 1,000,000. I'll tell you what the problem is and what are the root causes of "gun violence" in 15 minutes and save the tax payers $99,000,000. Use that money to invest in police, shot spotter, states attorneys, judges and building bigger jails. Do you think next year there will be more.money on the table foe the increase in "gun violence"? Head on a swivel gents!
Comimg to you from.deep within enemy lines. DBEL
Nothing from or about the merit gold stars adding any input? Snelling?
He has to spread some money around to try and get re elected. With a 6 percent approval rating, campaign fund raising is going to be an uphill battle. Hes going to ask for 10 percent in kickbacks. That should net him a tidy sum. Chicago values since 1837
All they have to do is recommend banning guns. Then blame someone else because of the second amendment. Easiest high paying gig you could get.
Deployed and do what? Do they get to tell them WHAT to do?
Chicago Public indoctrination centers announcing they will not shorten the indoctrination program for the year. Nope, they will continue to squander taxpayer dollars and not have a massive layoff of these clowns that are real indoctrinating the children.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/cps-says-it-has-no-plans-to-shorten-school-year-despite-ctu-allegations/
Maybe Conehead can have them open another Learing center...
The double murder in 16 yesterday was no innocent lives lost just shit birds vs shit heads so no need to worry nobody cares.
Hey Conehead. Go eat 100 mil in bag-O-dicks.
It’s a land too good for you little man, you’re too short and fat to live here.
Bingo. More fraud ghost 👻 payrollers
"Chicago, It's a great steak place!" Mayor Richie Daley
Socialists-communists are now winning elections. Biden gave the moochers a taste of freebies, college loans paid off, housing, government run grocery stores etc now they want more, more, more. Schumer will never be elected again. Mamdani and his followers will start an authoritarian government in the USA. Like China, North Korea, Russia, Vietnam …
By governing with States of Emergency and Executive Orders Conehead proved he’s the literal reincarnation of Adolph Hitler
Governing with States of Emergency and Executive Orders, which are never voted on, is how tyrants and dictators rule
What a waste of time and money. If they lock up repeat offenders, that would be a start. Why not assign these 17 individuals to ride the CTA trains to prevent crime? Sitting in a meeting talking will accomplish nothing.
Will these 17 jobs be posted or handpicked by MBJ? These positions should be volunteer and not funded.
Credentials…we don’t need no credentials.
Kamala was appointed border czar to look into the root causes of people wanting to cross our border illegally.How did this work?Schemers llie and and liars scheme.That is the true root cause of theft by deception.
MBJ in his time remaining in office should focus on creating a safe CTA system. The level of crime that riders are subjected to is outrageous. No one needs a committee of 17. Solve crime so that CTA passengers feel safe on trains and in stations. Crime on CTA is an embarrassment to the city of Chicago.
I thought all published reports from the Mayor's Office indicated that crime is down ?
Right. So let’s all vote for Susana Mendoza next election.
Chicago Way of redistributing wealth.
The union should be in court on this filing an injunction and then suing to force every penny of that 100 million into the pension.
sounds like bull shit to me violence is rising within certain groups, not in certain localities
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autistic centers opening in worth, oak lawn and bridge view who issues the Illinois business license $$$$$$$$$$$
More like Iran. Sharia law. The caliphate is moving forward without a shot being fired.
Is anyone going to dump the commander and tact LT from 9. Someone? Anyone? It’s absolutely brutal to work in this place with these 2 being paranoid they will be dumped. Let’s do it and get it over with and move on. Please.
Sorry... but the title of 'greatest film-flam, snake oil salesman of all time' goes to the late & great Jessie Jackson.
Will they be given arrest power? Will they be carryin a heater, do they have any other powers like.......................... THE POLICE?
And Random drug testing
What an asshole
Unconstitutional.
Love me some taxpayer’s money. Time to hand it out to my boyz. Next will be $100 million given to “the broom stick sidewalk cleaners” that will also have NO ACCOUNTABILITY regarding their time supposedly cleaning and money allocation to their organization. Gotta love them not-for-profits. Off the taxpayers books and NO ACCOUNTABILITY. Time to call DOGE!!!!
Hey Chicago Taxpayers … it’s as easy as stealing from a baby. $100 million babies.
This is just BJ trying to hand out dozens of $100k a year jobs to friends and family. A true money grab that will accomplish nothing. He knows he’s not getting reelected and is going to take full advantage of his office until booted out.
$100 million to shuffle papers. The group crying about the rampant violence are the black revrunds and community leaders. So Mayor 6% throws them some shut up money.
You can always bid out.
what a J/O
in federal court dipshit... it's not about whether you win the initial one but about the process
Only since his administration has taken office.
"Use that money to invest in police, shot spotter, states attorneys, judges and building bigger jails. 6/26/2026 11:45:33 AM"
No. That would raise the possibility of violent criminals being arrested, tried, and incarcerated.
Democrats interpret the Law Of The Land as "Don't you be calling out my name like that!" and "No snitching."
Vanecko Transport Leasing has already arranged for a fleet of modern refrigerated trucks to handle the 4th Of July overflow at the M.E's facility - and Northerly Island is always available for NYC-style mass burials.
Be of good cheer. Stay safe.
"The office is expected to publish monthly reports," so we'll be just fine.
And in the meantime, my 95 year old father who gets meals on meals deliveries once a week seen that shit cut in half. From a 1/2 gallon of shit 1% milk, to now four 8oz cartons of no brand milk he says makes him sick. Not even a loaf of fucking bread anymore. If they give you bananas, they're black.
Yet that criminal cocksucker at City Hall has the audacity to yet fund another handout on the taxpayer's dime for some other think tank that couldn't determine where to install a porta potty in some park.
Chicago is gone, it's been gone now for decades, and it ain't never coming back. Flush this entire shithole straight down a fucking toilet is my conclusion.
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