Civic Federation accuses Mayor Johnson of using ‘bad practices of the past’ to avoid tough budget choices – Chicago Sun-Times

“It’s all on quicksand — the very quicksand that has us really up against it financially … when there is no help coming from Springfield. There is no help coming from Washington, obviously,”said former city Inspector General Joe Ferguson, who now runs the federation. “There is seemingly no recognition that we’ve got to clean up our own house.”
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Call my shrink
7 months ago

Pinhead…Cut the fat from the budget. Quit bootlicking Stacey. And spend less on illegals and more on Chicagoans

MsT
7 months ago

Ferguson is old school “don’t spend what you don’t have”. Johnson is new school where you drain all your resources and then move on when it gets too awful and blame everyone else for your failure. Or, in the new-speak, is it actually a victory to bring Chicago to its knees?

mqyl
7 months ago

When mismanagement is the dominant activity, the ace in the hole is always to raise property taxes and/or borrow more.

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