Chicago is poised for “the best economic recovery of any big city in the nation, bar none,” in spite of “what the naysayers” claim, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday, laying the groundwork for what’s likely to be an uphill battle for a second term.
said Tuesday, laying the groundwork for what’s likely to be an uphill battle for a second term.
That’s even after eliminating what she called "financial time bombs" like scoop-and-toss borrowing, "climbing the ramp" to actuarial funding of city pensions and bankrolling the "largest retroactive paycheck" in Chicago history to rank-and-file police officers. For the umpteenth time, Lightfoot argued that shootings and homicides are down "year over year" and that the once-dismal homicide clearance rate is "above 65%," which, she claimed is "in the heartland of where we should be."
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