Demand better for our city
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s broken promise to avoid a $300 million property tax hike and the City Council’s unanimous rejection of his budget highlight his failed leadership and Chicago’s demand for trustworthy, people-first governance.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson has shown he cannot be trusted, breaking his campaign promise not to raise property taxes by attempting to burden Chicagoans with a $300 million hike.
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His disregard for residents’ financial hardships highlights a failure in leadership that puts politics over people.
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The City Council’s unified 50-0 rejection of his budget is a clear message: Chicago will no longer tolerate broken promises and harmful policies.
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We need a leader who stands with us, not against us—it's time to demand better for our city!
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Demand better for our city
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s broken promise to avoid a $300 million property tax hike and the City Council’s unanimous rejection of his budget highlight his failed leadership and Chicago’s demand for trustworthy, people-first governance.
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SPEAKER FULL NAME, SPEAKER TITLE of the ORGANIZATION NAME said that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s broken promise to avoid a $300 million property tax hike and the City Council’s unanimous rejection of his budget highlight his failed leadership and Chicago’s demand for trustworthy, people-first governance. LAST NAME made HIS/HER statement to PUBLICATION on DATE.
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The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Mayor Brandon Johnson faced a major political defeat as his proposed $300 million property tax hike was unanimously rejected by Chicago's City Council, 50-0, on November 14. The symbolic vote highlighted backlash against breaking a key campaign promise and addressed constituents' struggles with rising taxes. Negotiations are underway to replace the hike with alternative revenues and federal pandemic funds. The rejection signals a more independent Council, fueled by Johnson's low approval ratings.
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The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Alderman Andre Vasquez’s November 18 comments regarding budget negotiations. Vasquez said “There was nothing landed on. There was no $150 million [in cuts]. There were ideas on how to bring it down without anyone agreeing to anything. I don’t understand this idea that the mayor has something that he’s brokered. We literally had that meeting [a week ago] Saturday. The first proposal he had was voted down and there have not been substantive meetings to land any commitments since then. The mayor presented himself as the collaborator-in-chief, [but] there’s not a lot of collaboration here.”
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Politico Illinois Playbook reported on Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson’s comments regarding the Chicago hiring freeze and rising taxes. Ferguson said to Politico, “We’ve kind of maxed out the credit card and maxed out the people who pay the credit card. That’s the taxpayer. There’s just no more give.” As of September 2024, Chicago has a $223 million budget gap, and there will be a $982.4 million deficit in 2025.
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SPEAKER FULL NAME, a resident of SPEAKER CITY NAME was first elected to the role of Chair of the ORGANIZATION in 20XX. As Chair, he/she is focused on boosting Republican voter turnout, growing the Party’s membership, and communicating the Party’s positions on issues that matter to GEOGRAPHY voters.
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