Bankrolled by Soros, (Cook County State’s Attorney Kim) Foxx has followed the progressive prosecutor handbook: refuse to prosecute an array of offenses, seek to de-criminalize drugs, stop using cash bail, and decarcerate even in the case of serious offenders… Foxx claims that the criminal-justice system is racist but ignores the fact that the majority of murder victims in her city are minorities.

The last time the salaries for these elected positions were increased was in 2002, and 2000 for the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The resolution noted that inflation has increased by 45% over the past 20 years.

A more simple explanation for the downtrend, according to Wesley Skogan, a Northwestern University professor who specializes in crime issues: The weather has been unseasonably crummy this year. Because shootings and homicides are typically committed in public, he said they’re more vulnerable to shifts in weather “than almost anything we track in the world of crime.”

Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has put forth her own ordinance to achieve many of the same goals. It would also would seek to permanently halt water shutoffs for non-payment, and prohibit privatization of the city’s water system, but it would not expand the city’s utility billing relief program and focus on speeding up installation of water meters in non-metered properties.

While Chicago did jump back into the Top 10 for the first time since 2015, the most popular destinations to move in 2021 were in the Sun Belt region.

“Lightfoot is a former federal prosecutor, an officer of the court, who constantly complains about ‘gun violence.’ Yet she wants to war with the Supreme Court and issues a ‘call to arms?’ She seems to have lost her mind, as her rival, Toni Preckwinkle, keeps hers, smirking just off camera, untouchable, unmentioned, unbothered by Chicago media.”

“Even before the pandemic and the crime wave that developed under (Mayor Lori) Lightfoot and Cook County’s prosecutor, Kim Foxx, city finances were unstable. Since the pair have implemented their various reforms in the name of social justice and accountability, chaos has ensued. Now, it seems unlikely the business will return.”

CPD has increased staffing levels at times in recent years after especially high-crime weekends, but typically canceling just one day off across ranks. According to the police department order, the upcoming holiday will require that officers work straight through their regularly scheduled off days.

Ald. Brendan Reilly said the quick turnaround of the ordinance and the anonymity of the committee evaluating the casino is suspicious. “Now we’re told because we’re in a [request for proposals process], these are all secret meetings and these are all secret lists of people and we can’t share who made this decision. For a deliberative body like the City Council, that’s a horrible thing to hear.”

“In the aftermath of the firebombing of a pro-life office and the doxing of Supreme Court justices, the “call to arms” was alarming for many, particularly given the violent protests in Chicago in prior years. I do not believe that Lightfoot is encouraging anything other than peaceful advocacy. Yet, it is striking how virtually identical language has been used by Democrats to seek the disqualification of GOP members and criminal charges against figures like Donald Trump. Indeed, such rhetoric featured greatly in the second impeachment of Donald Trump.”

“Since this conflict first arose, we have been continuing to evaluate how to navigate instances where court orders rooted in public safety appear to conflict with the requirements of the law,” a spokesman for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said.