Now There's No Tax Hike?

Expect layoffs for non-police positions and probably a full stop hiring freeze for CPD:

• When the Chicago City Council reconvenes Monday afternoon, the big question is will Mayor Brandon Johnson have enough support to call for a vote on the city's budget? And will there even be a new budget proposal to vote on in place? Political observers say not likely.

  The questions come as sources told ABC7 Sunday that Mayor Johnson's latest budget proposal will not include property tax hike.

  When Mayor Brandon Johnson abruptly adjourned Friday's City Council meeting, he did so to avoid what would have been an embarrassing defeat as his second budget proposal failed to attract the minimum 26 votes needed to pass. The mayor's $68.5 million property tax hike was still too much to stomach for too many in City Council.

We did hear one radio report that Conehead was actually thinking of eliminating a single "deputy mayor" spot, but can't seem to fin it at the moment. Someone also said Conehead is completely protecting his inner circle which is something like five times as large as Groot's or Rahm's staffing (again, this was a social media post, so we have no idea how accurate it was).