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“What we have to do is be far more proactive and dare to be bold and audacious and not just this obsequious type of response where we are responding as if we are in servitude to this administration. Proactive. Organize. Tell the story of the people," Johnson said.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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All I see and hear is rhetoric bordering on Kamala Harris word salad level. No real solutions, just exhortation to be bold and audacious. Bold and audacious at what? Absorbing more taxpayers funds while producing nothing at all?
No way that raggedy MF will show.
Johnson thinks his use of big words is profound. Is he related to Kamala Harris?
Get out the popcorn! This should be epic!
I hope his testimony is televised across the country this individual will make a fool of himself because he will make it all about race.
Gunna set my DVR for this performance. Anticipate his statements and responses to be as idiotic as he is and will embarrass the City of Chicago.
Here’s another article about New York’s mayor Adams wanting more money from the governor for illegal migrants. Funds are being cut to sanctuary cities and will be in a world of hurt very soon.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-presses-212500331.html
He will have a sudden panic attack before he testifies or a hair appointment.
Stacy Davis Gates will testify as his stand-in.
This oughta be good. Hope Raggedy packs his size 14 track shoes.
Mayor Cliff Notes should tell Congress what he thinks. The silence will be glorious and most welcome.
Sounds like Mayor Raggedy is getting ready to get all raggedy with Congress. I anticipate world salad and a main course of community disinvestment, along with a side of indignation and arrogance. I hope they give him everything he deserves.
I expect that by the date of the hearing he is under Dr. care for mental decline.
A glance at his bill paying history should get him an appointment with “ Dr.” Jill or Dr. Pepper.