Opinion | America’s Worst Mayor Keeps Losing
Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking his city on a progressive kamikaze course, and Chicago’s Democratic political establishment may be tiring of the spectacle.
On Thursday the City Council met in special session to block the mayor’s plan to use a $300 million property tax increase to balance the city’s budget. The vote was unanimous, 50-0, so is Mr. Johnson getting the message yet?
With the public rebuke looming, Mr. Johnson equivocated Tuesday, claiming his proposal was merely to “get people’s attention.” “As a public school teacher,” Mr. Johnson said, “sometimes we do things to get people’s attention. And so now that we have the attention of everyone, I’ve said from the very beginning, this is a proposal. . . . I’m a collaborative mayor.”
Chicago’s 50 adult aldermen may be less amused at being compared to children. The mayor backed off the property tax because he knew he was going to lose, and he’s losing often these days.
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