Chicago Alderpeople React to City’s $89M Budget Shortfall, Debate Debt Collection – WTTW (Chicago)

Said Ald. Scott Waguespack: “I don’t think they (the Johnson administration) tried hard enough. It’s very evident that when other cities are doing this, you’re capable of doing it in Chicago. I’m talking not just in Illinois, but around the United States. I know the mayor is out there saying it’s immoral to collect somebody’s debt from someone who parked at a fire hydrant or a developer who’s not paying their fines or fees. But those are things that we’ve been collecting for decades. Other cities do it, too.”