Posted on 05/21/2023 8:52:32 AM PDT by Salman
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As Chicago prepares for the 2024 Democratic convention, Mayor Brandon Johnson will face questions about how much he can and should spend to get the cash-strapped city ready, and whether spending tens of millions of dollars makes sense. Johnson is fresh off his inauguration and his administration has so far declined to comment on any plans.
Much has been written about the squishiness of pre-convention economic benefits, along with the costs cities end up eating themselves getting ready for the pomp and circumstance. While boosters have predicted economic returns of $150 million or more to cities that hosted them recently, economists say those numbers have been overblown.
With local spending on things such as police overtime and infrastructure improvements, will the city even break even?
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Will there be an attempt to improve public safety? Or will they merely set up a defensible perimeter?
Kiev was all booked up.
And Mogadishu
“Good vibes” means utter Marxist dogma
Maybe they can replicate 1968
Now that’s funny
Why not San Fran?
Havana was open.
But it had no limousine services however.
And its airport couldn’t guarantee the refuel for all those private jets coming in.
Obama Foundation should pay for it.
What trees do they plant? What programs do they bring?
The website Hey Jackass does a great job tracking all the Chicago good vibes.
https://heyjackass.com/
No cops. Just “peace ambassadors,” social(ist) workers and light bringers. Oh, and don’t forget the Biden White House Easter Bunny. This should be fun.
Welding shut the apartment doors of the troublemakers (like China did for Covid) for the duration of the Demonrats' convention should work.
Where will attendees at the convention get a room?
The hotels are full of ILLEGALS at HIGH prices being paid by taxpayers.
It will be a very profitable week for the personal security business. Big guys with big guns, hardened limousines, bug planters, bug sweepers, etc.
How many little old lady electors will be assaulted by the riff-raff outside?
Should set a priority to remove the dead and wounded off the streets before the convention.
Will they make the DNC delegates pay reparations?
Where will attendees at the convention get a room?The hotels are full of ILLEGALS at HIGH prices being paid by taxpayers.
If they want to show equity and inclusion they will sleep on the streets.
Start circulating rumors that Democrats have concluded that social security and welfare benefits must be cut to be sustainable and that they will secretly agree on how to do this at the convention center. Make sure Antifa is aware.
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