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Top City Hall advisor Jason Lee has emerged as a major power player in the Johnson administration and has been far more visible than comparable staffers and consultants under recent mayors. Some City Hall holdovers from previous administrations refer to him as “Mayor Lee” due to the large influence he has over city plans.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Thuggish behavior seems prevalent in Johnson administration.
That’s pretty raggedy treatment right there Mayor Raggedy. Why you have to be so raggedy?