Mayor Lori Lightfoot will ask Chicago aldermen to vote on her $16.4 billion 2023 budget Monday — her last chance to present a city spending plan before facing voters next February.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot walks to the podium before delivering her 2023 budget speech to City Council Oct. 3.
Ahead of Monday’s vote, Lightfoot also went on the radio and blasted a member of the City Council, Southwest Side Ald. Matt O’Shea, for not backing her budget and questioned his support for law enforcement. For his part, O’Shea bristled at the notion that he doesn’t support police and fired back that her spending plan doesn’t do enough to keep cops from retiring at exorbitant rates.Sign up for The Spin to get the top stories in delivered to your inbox weekday afternoons.
Another provision of Lightfoot’s budget that faced scrutiny from aldermen was the move to lower the maximum combined fines for vehicles blocking bike lanes or containing tinted windows or obscured license plates from $500 to $250. A representative from the city’s Law Department explained that an Illinois appellate court decision from earlier this year mandated the lower cap, and only an amendment to the state statute by the General Assembly can change that.
Outgoing Ald. Leslie Hairston, 5th, blamed the mayor’s office for not utilizing lobbyists in Springfield, leaving City Council blindsided.
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