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DNC in Chicago: Good vibes expected, but questions about economic impact
Chicago Tribune ^ | May 21, 2023 | John Byrne and A.D. Quig

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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(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; democrats
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Another Chicago convention?

Will there be an attempt to improve public safety? Or will they merely set up a defensible perimeter?

1 posted on 05/21/2023 8:52:32 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Kiev was all booked up.


2 posted on 05/21/2023 8:57:44 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: jjotto

And Mogadishu


3 posted on 05/21/2023 8:59:52 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Salman
Good vibes expected

             

4 posted on 05/21/2023 9:02:00 AM PDT by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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To: Salman

“Good vibes” means utter Marxist dogma


5 posted on 05/21/2023 9:09:58 AM PDT by albie
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To: Salman

Maybe they can replicate 1968


6 posted on 05/21/2023 9:15:14 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: jjotto

Now that’s funny


7 posted on 05/21/2023 9:15:42 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Salman

Why not San Fran?


8 posted on 05/21/2023 9:17:24 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: V_TWIN; Liz; SunkenCiv; Red Badger

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.


9 posted on 05/21/2023 9:18:54 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Salman

Obama Foundation should pay for it.


10 posted on 05/21/2023 9:33:41 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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To: Salman

What trees do they plant? What programs do they bring?


11 posted on 05/21/2023 9:43:24 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: tomkat

The website Hey Jackass does a great job tracking all the Chicago good vibes.
https://heyjackass.com/


12 posted on 05/21/2023 10:12:13 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Salman

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.


13 posted on 05/21/2023 10:23:10 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Salman
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.

Welding shut the apartment doors of the troublemakers (like China did for Covid) for the duration of the Demonrats' convention should work.

14 posted on 05/21/2023 11:33:41 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” /"Every nation has the government it deserves.” )
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To: Salman

Where will attendees at the convention get a room?

The hotels are full of ILLEGALS at HIGH prices being paid by taxpayers.


15 posted on 05/21/2023 11:37:05 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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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?


16 posted on 05/21/2023 1:32:17 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: Salman

Should set a priority to remove the dead and wounded off the streets before the convention.


17 posted on 05/21/2023 2:00:21 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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Will they make the DNC delegates pay reparations?


18 posted on 05/21/2023 2:08:19 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: ridesthemiles
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.

19 posted on 05/21/2023 2:11:28 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Nifster

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.


20 posted on 05/21/2023 2:17:54 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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