The revised proposal comes in the wake of last month’s killing of 14-year-old Armani Floyd during a teen takeover in the Loop, after thousands were downtown for the annual tree lighting ceremony. Ald. Brian Hopkins says police had more than 12 hours’ notice via looking at social media that a takeover was likely.

“You offered a job without knowing if you could sustain that job for years to come,” former Harvey firefighter Preston Jackson said. He was one of about 20 Harvey firefighters to be let go during a partial government shutdown that began in October.

“No one wants riders punished with deep service cuts. Transit matters to the region. But it doesn’t make sense to impose a sales tax hike on non-users to cover for poor choices.”

Moises Bernal Puentas was fired from his job as adult education manager at Wilbur Wright College, a public institution affiliated with the City Colleges of Chicago, soon after a video clip of his remarks was posted on X, the Wright Times reports. He also urges people to take up arms against “this fascist system.”

“Everything that is happening in our Nativity took place here,” said Rev. Michael Woolf, of Evanston. “These are scenes—the use of zip ties, the separation of families, the fact that Mary and Joseph have to have gas masks on because ICE is tear-gassing people in our communities who want to protect our neighbors.”

“I don’t need a letter from the Trump administration to tell me what my priorities are, because we’ve already made them clear what our priorities are, and we certainly, you know, do not need an administration that continues to politicize, you know, on what really could be addressed collectively,” Johnson said.

“Until earlier this year when Cook County got a new state’s attorney in Chicago, there was a very lax enforcement of laws,” state Rep. Dan Ugaste said. “No consequences for actions and for bad actions and this is what you get.”

The mayor’s spokesperson Cassio Mendoza confirmed that Johnson’s team on Monday afternoon began calling aldermen to take their temperature on an amended version of his head tax proposal that would raise the monthly per-employee fee to $33 with a 500-employee minimum, an apparent attempt to blunt criticism that his plan would hurt smaller companies.

“It’s the responsibility of leaders at every level to create a safe system for all riders and workers on transit. Chicago’s local leaders have neglected that responsibility — and given Chicago’s crime rate in its transit system, this isn’t an isolated incident,” said Federal Transit Administrator Marc Molinaro. “If CTA does not take immediate action to increase its law enforcement presence, we will withhold federal funds.”

“I’ve made no changes in my place. And yet, I’m caught with a 400 percent increase,” said West Garfield Park resident Michael Strode.