Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to seek retroactive City Council approval for budget powers to deal with coronavirus pandemic – Chicago Tribune

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will ask aldermen next week to retroactively bless her executive order that gives her additional power to spend city money and make changes to the 2020 budget to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The mayor issued the order on March 17, creating a new section in the city’s budget to consolidate coronavirus expenses and giving her the ability to move money around to cover the costs that are piling up as the city tries to cope with the pandemic.
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debtsor
3 years ago

The one thing I’ll give Lori is that she does seem like a tightwad, moreso than most other mayors. lets hope she uses her tightfistedness wisely.

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