With City Council Poised to Borrow $1.85B to Fund 2nd Phase of Infrastructure Plan, Results of 1st Phase Unclear – WTTW (Chicago)

A Chicago Works sign hangs on the fence separating traffic from ongoing work to renovate the Dearborn Street bridge. (Heather Cherone/WTTW News)Lightfoot said the infrastructure plan took “an equity-focused approach to address long-standing and persistent injustices of inequitable distribution of resources in the City of Chicago.” But Ald. Brian Hopkins said, “This has been one of the most opaque capital bills I have ever seen...We are just not given anywhere near the amount of information that we’re entitled to to make decisions.”
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IllinoisHomeOfTheSwamp
3 years ago

Bry, why do you think these crooks would WANT to give you enough information to make a rational decision? Their entire existence is based on obfuscation and half-truths…

The Paraclete
3 years ago

It’s deliberately opaque, it’s Lori’s retirement fund. She’s the face of Chicago and representative of the democrats. The red wave will be blamed on Lori. She’s being setup as the unspecified chump/scapegoat.

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