CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Some Chicago City Council members are trying to force an early vote on Mayor Johnson’s proposed property tax increase.
About 29 aldermen have signed onto a letter calling a city council meeting for next Wednesday that aims to kill the property tax that the Johnson Administration wants to use to help balance the 2025 budget.
Sixth Ward Alderman William Hall, an ally of the mayor, rejects the move. Hall called the push for a meeting “political theater.”
“We’re still looking at every strategy necessary to navigate through these difficult times…To sign on a letter, without seeing every solution…It’s not good leadership, that’s not what I believe is needed right now,” Hall said.
But, 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale, a Johnson critic, said the Mayor and his team have still not sat down to discuss alternatives, despite his public statements that he is willing to do so.
“Saying one thing and actually reaching out and talking to people, who is he talking to?” Beale asked. “He hasn’t talked to any of us…Until we start having those conversations, I can’t tell you. It’s not what a person says, it’s what a person does, and, right now, he’s not doing anything.”
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