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Mayor Lori Lightfoot told Democratic lawmakers Thursday she has three items on her Springfield agenda: a Chicago casino; renewed authorization for a $5-month-tax on telephone bills; and no cuts to the city’s share of the state sales tax.
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Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
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Summary and audio linked here.
When the Mayor of Illinois speaks Bubblehead Pritzger obeys
I’m glad the mayor has everything under control. Isn’t is strange though that every other major city has a lot of budget problems? I guess Lightfoot is just a lot smarter than the rest of the mayors.
Of course the more skeptical residents might think she is (more or less) throwing in the towel, believing the Chicago problems are beyond fixing so, “What’s the point? The future is either bankruptcy or a bailout.”