Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike – Chicago Tribune*

"The mayor spoke several times about his budget as if it were the most important driver of economic activity in the city. At $17 billion or so, the city budget certainly is more than a rounding error. But the city’s gross domestic product when last reported was about $830 billion. ... But the mayor clearly doesn’t understand how an overwhelming majority of the decision-makers in Chicago’s business community view him. The self-delusion, frankly, is worrying."