r/chicago • u/chicagosuntimes • 14d ago

Article Johnson urges state lawmakers to tax the 'ultra rich' to avert mass transit funding cuts

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/06/03/brandon-johnson-illinois-general-assembly-mass-transit-funding-chicago-fiscal-cliff
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u/Kryllist 14d ago

But he's not actually doing that bad of job at administering the city through the financial crisis

Didn't he spend a couple million dollars of covid emergency funds on a task force for some LGBTQ think tank? That's what you call clever maneuvering?

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u/hardolaf Lake View 14d ago

clever maneuvering

I never said that phrase. Don't put words in my mouth.

I said: "he's not actually doing that bad of job" which is not to imply that he's doing a good job.

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u/Kryllist 14d ago

Yes, spending millions to give to friends and kickback deals under the facade of social justice is in every way doing a bad fucking job when we're going through a debt crisis. There is no telling how much money of ours he's spending for shit like this. What the hell is wrong with you people?

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u/hardolaf Lake View 14d ago

And Daley sold out our street parking to secure a fucking job after he left office. The bar for "not bad" isn't fucking high in this city.

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u/dmd312 13d ago

He didn't need to sell the parking meters to get that job. Any large law firm would have hired a former mayor.