Facing $2 billion budget shortfall, Lightfoot says she has to work better with others. ‘Hallelujah,’ says one alderman. – Chicago Tribune

“When you’re faced with a $2 billion deficit, you need all the friends you can get,” said Far South Side Ald. Anthony Beale. He added that Mayor Rahm Emanuel “had a very hard time passing a $500 million property tax, so $2 billion (over two years) — and I question $2 billion, I think it’s going to be bigger than that — would be extremely tough.”

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