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- Chicago News , Conspiracies , Conspiracy and World News , Uncategorized , World News
- December 6, 2024
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Chicago Teachers Union president paid over $269K but hides union financial records
Public records show the Chicago Teachers Union and other union entities pay Stacy Davis Gates a very healthy salary. But union transparency ends there. CTU is refusing to show members how it spends their money, despite that mandate in CTU’s rules. Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates makes over $269,000 a year, according to public records of her union employers. But the CTU president is fighting that kind of transparency about union spending, even though it’s mandated in the union’s rules. It’s been four years since members have seen audits of how the union spends their dues, and that refusal comes as public records show CTU’s spending millions on political campaigns. Davis Gates’ income is from multiple union entities including CTU, its state affiliate the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO. It includes at least: Read More Here!
- Chicago News , Uncategorized , World News
- December 5, 2024
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Chicago Mayor’s $300M Tax Increase for Migrants Sparks Outrage!
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wanted a $300 million property tax hike for his big budget. All 50 aldermen said “no.” So then he asked for $150 million and a 35% tax on liquor. Johnson fails to admit it’s not about taxes, it’s about making changes. All 50 Chicago aldermen told Mayor Brandon Johnson he couldn’t have his $300 million property tax hike, so he asked for $150 million in property taxes, $128 million in cloud computing taxes, $10 million in streaming service taxes and $10.6 million from a 35% hike in liquor taxes. Maybe Johnson should recognize “no” to $300 million in new taxes means “no” to $300 million in new taxes. Instead of asking for it a different way, he needs to stabilize Chicago’s finances by backing pension reform, cutting non-essential spending from his $17.3 billion budget and auditing departments for cuts. He needs to safeguard public safety and stop the financial games that deny Chicago long-lasting fiscal stability…. Read More Here!
- Chicago News , Conspiracy and World News , Uncategorized
- December 4, 2024
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New Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vows to lower ‘war zone numbers’ of Chicago violence
The county’s new top prosecutor highlighted Illinois’ assault weapons ban as a key tool in tamping down the violence she says has “overshadowed” the region. Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vowed Monday to crack down on gun criminals as she takes the reins as the top law enforcement official in a county she says is “being overshadowed by crime.” “We have unparalleled opportunities here. We have world-class universities, we have infrastructure. We even have a fresh water supply,” O’Neill Burke said after a ceremonial swearing-in as the county’s top prosecutor before hundreds of supporters at the Ivy Room in River North. “We are primed to boom, but we are being overshadowed by crime right now,” she said. “While our crime rates are beginning to come down, the progress is not sufficient, particularly when it comes to gun violence.” Read More Here!
- Chicago News , Uncategorized
- December 4, 2024
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How Mayor Brandon Johnson Lost Control of the Debate Over Chicago’s 2025 Budget
The first sign that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to spend $17.3 billion in 2025 was dead on arrival came just minutes after he finished telling the Chicago City Council the only way to balance the city’s budget was to hike property taxes by $300 million. Despite being one of Johnson’s closest allies, Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th Ward) wasted no time telling reporters that he would not even consider voting for the largest property tax hike since 2016. Pilsen residents struggling to keep their homes amid a wave of gentrification could not afford the increase, Sigcho Lopez said. The fact that Sigcho Lopez, Johnson’s hand-picked Housing Committee chair who has voted in lockstep with the mayor, dismissed the budget proposal out of hand sent shockwaves through the City Council, frustrating Johnson’s allies while emboldening his critics. Read More Here!
- Chicago News , Uncategorized
- December 3, 2024
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Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close $1 billion budget shortfall, with $60M property tax hike floated Residents of Chicago are blasting Mayor Brandon Johnson over the city spending more than half a billion dollars on sheltering migrants, with one telling the Democrat to his face during a City Council meeting that he’s the “worst mayor in America.” The criticism surrounding Johnson and Chicago’s New Arrivals Mission – which so far has cost the city $574.5 million since its inception in August 2022 – comes as the mayor is trying to overcome a $1 billion budget shortfall by the end of the year. The City Council held a meeting Monday during which residents voiced their opposition to an approximately $60 million property tax increase floated as one way to help close the gap. This is on top of a CPS Budget Short Fall! This year’s $8.4 billion operating budget for Chicago Public Schools included what was left of the district’s covid allocation, $233 million. Heading into this school year, the district faced a deficit of $500 million, and it anticipates another half-billion-dollar deficit next year. Oct 21, 2024 Plus a State Budget Short Fall! Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, said. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget released a report on Nov. 1 projecting the state will face a $3.2 billion deficit for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1.Nov 13, 2024 Read More Here! About ‘Worst mayor in America’
