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- Chicago News , Conspiracy and World News , LAW & ORDER , Uncategorized
- December 14, 2024
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Facing certain defeat, Mayor Brandon Johnson postpones Chicago city budget vote!
By Sabrina Franza, Todd Feurer CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Brandon Johnson called off Friday’s 2025 city budget vote, after his revised spending plan relying on a property tax hike and other increased fines and fees without significant spending cuts faced certain defeat. After the meeting, Johnson acknowledged he does not yet have the votes to pass his $17.3 billion spending plan. It was another chaotic day at City Hall as shouts erupted in the City Council chamber when the meeting was brought to an end after about 20 minutes, and recessed until Monday afternoon, before any action was taken on either the budget or other routine legislative items on the agenda. At least one person in the City Council gallery was handcuffed and escorted out as they shouted over the Council’s vote to end the meeting and return on Monday. The Johnson administration and City Council have until Dec. 31 to get a budget deal done, or face an unprecedented city government shutdown. Despite spending weeks tweaking his original budget plan, the mayor has yet to get the votes he needs to pass it. He would need either 26 votes, or could cast a tie-breaking vote to approve his budget if he can get the support of 25 alders. “The reality is, we’re very close, but we’re still not there yet,” Johnson said after Friday’s council meeting. 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!
