“Just as Chicago looks to blame certain carmakers for the City’s inability to stop auto thefts in the City, Chicago seeks to place the blame on Glock, Inc. for crime involving the use of Modified Glock Pistols,” Glock wrote in a recent court filing. “Chicago does not claim that Glock pistols fail to function properly when they are sold by Glock, Inc. and, in light of their popularity and reliability, does not seek to restrict their sale to, or use by, law enforcement.”

Ald. Andre Vasquez said, “The mayor presented himself as the collaborator-in-chief, [but] there’s not a lot of collaboration here. … If he’s the collaborator-in-chief that he says he is, it’s not about grabbing the steering wheel. We’re all in the car together figuring it out.”

“What’s really important, of course, is to put the right people around you,” said Political Science Professor Stephen Maynard Caliendo. “He’s making a series of curious decisions that doesn’t seem to acknowledge that he has some public opinion trouble.”

“Short of a massive federal bailout and state subsidies, there’s no financial solution to the present budget crisis without restoring ridership. Transit agencies have threatened to cut services by 40 percent, but draconian fare increases and service cuts will only decrease ridership and hurt finances further.”

Chicago hosts hundreds of street festivals each year, with approximately 1,300 events held between 2021 and 2023. During that period, nearly 2,800 Chicago police officers logged a combined total of 27,000 overtime hours to patrol these events, according to a CBS News Data Team analysis of police overtime records and special event permits.

About 40 percent of the state’s after-school programs have been slashed this year, following delays in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, and the number is expected to rise to 87 percent, totaling about 290 sites, by the end of this year. The problem is that the governor’s office is at a standstill with the money, and there has been no communication on when funds will be released.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking his city on a progressive kamikaze course, and Chicago’s Democratic political establishment may be tiring of the spectacle.

“They’re looking for revenue instead of looking for fat and inefficiency,” Ald. Anthony Beale said. “If they could cut the $300-million increase in half miraculously in a couple of days, it means they’re still trying to hoodwink the people of Chicago instead of making the spending cuts needed to put the city back on track.” Southwest Side Ald. Marty Quinn predicted that it would be “very difficult” for Johnson to get 26 votes for “any property tax increase” let alone $150 million.