Chicago spent $80K to renovate office for first lady Johnson as city faces billion dollar budget shortfall
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Invoices and receipts from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration have raised new questions about extravagant spending as the city faces a nearly billion dollar budget shortfall.
Documents uncovered by local news station NBC 5 revealed that in the grip of fiscal crisis, the city spent more than $80,000 to redecorate and renovate an office in the Chicago Cultural Center for first lady Stacie Johnson.
"The invoices and receipts, obtained by NBC 5 Investigates through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, show that work order requests began in February and continued through August of this year to renovate and redecorate Room 306 in the Chicago Cultural Center," the report said.
Electricians, carpenters and painters on the city's payroll were contracted for the work, according to an invoice from the city's Fleet and Facility Management department, also called 2FM, NBC 5 reported. The workers accrued more than 350 hours of labor at a cost of over $25,000.
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