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Budget Director Annette Guzman said options range from layoffs and pay cuts on the expense side to a property tax increase, video gaming and volume-based garbage collection fees on the revenue end. “Furlough days will not get us through a $900 million-[plus] budget gap."
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Summary and audio linked here.
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Audio and summary
Here’s slippery Annette Guzman on today’s Fran Spielman show/ interview managing, as one would expect, to be totally evasive, not committing to anything, and blaming biggest problem on previous administrations not paying full pension bill. The one reveal is, she claims, the “corporate account” has been keep separate from all the “COVID accounts”. So then wouldn’t it be easy for press or public to see where all the extra spending is since COVID occurred? especially with regard to raises & new hires. Also, Guzman claims unlike Johnson admin, Lightfoot used “COVID account” $ to pay “corporate account” bills. Spielman does… Read more »
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/09/06/dnc-homeless-tent-city-fence-brandon-johnson-democratic-national-convention
City of Chicago Revenue 2023 – $15 billion
City of Chicago Expenses 2023 – $15.6 billion
City of Chicago Revenue 2013 – $7.8 billion
City of Chicago Expenses 2013 – $8.9 billion
Organized crime masquerading as government.
“Everything is on the table,” except significant spending cuts to reduce bloat. In other words, everything is not on the table.
The city unions aren’t going give back a dime. Expect a few token furloughs/ layoffs, especially from the thousands of non-union city staff hired with COVID $bucks, and massive prop tax hike for us chumbolones….
One would think a consortium of teachers would be better at math.
Is it shocking that the guy who didn’t pay his low balance credit cards, and was sued for it, managed to run up a massive deficit his first year in office? Is anyone really surprised?
Today, tax everyone in Illinois until they all have nothing left. That is where this is all headed anyway. Maybe then they will finally vote differently, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
tax the outbound u-hauls!!!
Tax all political contributions