City Council faction draws line in sand in preelection budget battle with Mayor Brandon Johnson
A City Council faction is opposing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposals, setting strict boundaries against new taxes. The city faces an $882.4 million shortfall ahead of the upcoming mayoral election.
The 29-member City Council coalition that rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax laid the ground rules on Monday for the preelection budget debate with three boundary lines: no property tax increase, no “head tax or tax on job growth” and no counting on money from Springfield not yet approved.With an $882.4 million shortfall looming less than five months before the mayoral election, Johnson has drawn his own line in the sand. He is staking his uphill battle for reelection on a…
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