Mayor Brandon Johnson referred the question to his Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry, who said, “It would be premature to talk about going until such time that we’ve properly digested all of the legal issues as well as other substantive aspects of the communication from the oversight committee. … It is an invitation that we have received. It is not a document that compelled” the mayor’s testimony.
10-1 against the cowardly lion coming out from behind Gates apron.
Daskoterzar
1 year ago
It takes this guy 1/2 a second to claim Chicago as a sanctuary city and spend millions. But when he is asked to come to a congressional oversite committee to provide input and testify about his policy and spending…suddenly he needs to lawyer up and “digest all of the legal issues”. It would seem prudent for him to perhaps have digested all of the legal issues before he claimed Chicago as a sanctuary city and spent $612M of tax payer dollars. He doesn’t want to go because he is a pin head and will look stupid, also he cannot defend the… Read more »
ProzacPlease
1 year ago
Why wouldn’t these mayors jump at the chance to argue for their policies in the spotlight of national attention? Step up to the big microphone and signal your virtue. Isn’t that your goal in political life?
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.
10-1 against the cowardly lion coming out from behind Gates apron.
It takes this guy 1/2 a second to claim Chicago as a sanctuary city and spend millions. But when he is asked to come to a congressional oversite committee to provide input and testify about his policy and spending…suddenly he needs to lawyer up and “digest all of the legal issues”. It would seem prudent for him to perhaps have digested all of the legal issues before he claimed Chicago as a sanctuary city and spent $612M of tax payer dollars. He doesn’t want to go because he is a pin head and will look stupid, also he cannot defend the… Read more »
Why wouldn’t these mayors jump at the chance to argue for their policies in the spotlight of national attention? Step up to the big microphone and signal your virtue. Isn’t that your goal in political life?