Business Trip Failed?

Remember this from October of 2024?

• Mayor Brandon Johnson's trip to London is officially underway.

  The mayor said he is making the trip to try and woo businesses to come to Chicago.

  "I'm going to London to try to attract business to Chicago," Johnson said a press conference earlier this week.

  The trip, paid for by World Business Chicago, also includes taking in Sunday's game between the Bears and Jacksonville at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

He took how many dozens of staff and bodyguards along?

Now, remember this from our post yesterday?

• Chicago businesses reported the lowest recorded employment score since May 2009, according to the Chicago Business Barometer.

  For the second consecutive month, no survey respondents reported increased employment.

  The analysis gave Chicago an overall score of 43.5 in December 2025, the 25th consecutive month of decline. A score below 50 indicates decline.

So it's safe to say Conehead's "business trip" didn't generate a damn thing for Chicago except to spend more taxpayer money....money that doesn't exist or that has to be "raised" from increasing taxes. Again.

Thanks to the reader who left a comment about this - we had forgotten "the business trip that generated no business."