Question of the day
Thursday, Apr 4, 2024 - Posted by Isabel Miller
* Block Club Chicago…
Speaking to Block Club Tuesday, Johnson punched back at his critics and expressed almost unbridled confidence in his tenure so far, despite “unexpected or unanticipated” crises like the influx of migrant buses and destructive flooding on the city’s West Side.
“Name one thing that I said I was gonna do that I haven’t done. You won’t be able to,” he said.
The mayor, a former public school teacher and union organizer, declined to give himself a letter grade for his performance thus far. Instead, he listed a series of measures he sees as proof he’s fulfilling his campaign promises: phasing out the tipped minimum wage, providing funding to reopen mental health centers, expanding paid time off requirements and not raising property taxes, he said. […]
Also on Monday, an ordinance advanced to the full City Council that would give alderpeople final say on keeping the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter in their wards — which, if passed, could reverse Johnson’s decision to end the city’s contract to use the devices. Johnson promised on the campaign trail to halt the city’s use of ShotSpotter.
* The Question: Can you name one thing the Mayor said he was gonna do and hasn’t done?
…Adding… Click here to see an archived version of the mayor’s campaign promises.