City Council members working to defeat $300M property tax hike
Mayor willing to negotiate with aldermen working to defeat tax hike
"Should the people of Chicago know that I'm serious of working through this dynamic? Absolutely, I'm serious about it. Absolutely, that's why we put the proposal out in the first place, and that's why we're not dictating the outcome and the success of this budget," Johnson said. "Well, today I'm grateful that they took my advice from last week to say, you know, you need to meet with the alderpeoples," 37th Ward Ald. Mitts said.
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