Chicagoist: City Faces $400 Million Budget Shortfall

JAWilson

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:29:19 -0600

When you read about a round of token layoffs and budget cuts, hold on to your wallet. There will be a tax increase right around the corner.

royce76

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:57:57 -0600

i agree w/ scooter also increase red light run fines and speeding ticket fines and for god's sake do a license plate road sharing thing like in mexico city (if your tag # ends with an odd #, you're off the roads Tues, Thurs, and Sun) it's high time for more bureaucracy!

Scooter Libbby

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:51:04 -0600

The first thing I would do is fire all the traffic aides. They're not useless, they're worse than useless as they screw up traffic more than it already is. Everyone of them is an idiot with a reflective yellow jacket, shades of Frank Kreusi, also a total incompetent!

matilda

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:12:01 -0600

Great manager, that Daley. The "financial crisis" has been building for quite some time, and instead of working harder to provide a reserve-fund cushion, or to limit stupid behavior that leads to multimillion-dollar judgments against the city, or limiting handouts to corporate mooches, we are left talking about even fewer cops on the streets and a reduced level of services. You would think a wise city leader would have shoveled some gains from the decade or so of relative prosperity into a larger rainy day fund* *I do give Daley credit for using the Skyway deal to help pay down the city's debt, a move that helps bond ratings, even if I don't like the idea of selling public goods to private firms.