Posted on 12/18/2024 7:02:57 PM PST by xxqqzz
A new poll commissioned by Democratic members of Chicago’s City Council shows embattled Mayor Brandon Johnson with an unprecedented 15 percent approval rating – the lowest of any mayor in history as his office faces scrutiny after his former top communications advisor is confronted with multiple complaints of racism, sexual harassment, misogyny and intimidation.
The poll also indicated that the mayor’s revised $150 million property tax increase proposal was dead on arrival and that 78 percent of Chicagoans would vote against their alderman if they supported Johnson’s latest tax increase.
A few weeks ago – in a stunning and unprecedented rebuke, the Chicago City Council rejected a $300 million property tax increase proposed by Mayor Johnson by a vote of 50-0 – leaving the mayor and his team humiliated and struggling to come up with alternative solutions to address the nearly $1 billion budget shortfall.
The mayor is in dire need of a solution to avoid having to lay off city workers, including police officers and firefighters as he struggles to find ways to fund his budget, but the city council were all in agreement: that he wasn’t going to fund his budget by increasing property taxes on a constituency that’s already hurting under the Biden-Harris economy.
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And all at the expense of the taxpaying US citizens.
The whole city must be full of racists.
“...this Negro, right here....”
15% approval?
His proposal to increase property taxes was defeated by the city council 50-0?
Sounds like they ought to start by deporting the Mayor.
There were blacks showing up at a city council in red “Flop Chicago Red” t-shirts tearing into Johnson, mostly about the illegal aliens.
Nothing personal!
They figured out that they could be replaced by much cheaper victims-card holders.
That’s 15% higher than he deserves. The guy is a dumpster fire of suck.
ChIraq has achieved ‘Rat Utopia Status.
I don’t know why anyone should be surprised by this. The total sum of his life’s experiences was that he taught school for 4 years and then became an organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union. And he’s black. The latter being the most important as evidenced in his predecessor, Groot.
Chicago, you get what you deserve.
Democrat will democrat.
Why is it you would need 50 people on the city council that’s too many how many salaries are you paying right there? What are they being paid?
I suppose that 15% are members of the teacher’s union and their families.....
They get at least $130K/year, but in Chicago their incomes are probably mostly way higher.
50 people on the city council—
Sounds like on this one issue at least, they’re representing their constituents well.
The death spiral accelerates; it won’t be too long before Chitown will make Detroit look good.
I think the Jawa had higher numbers.
Obviously.
BTTT
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