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THIS FRIDAY: Join A City That Works and Illinois Comptroller and Mayoral candidate @susanamendoza10 Friday, October 30th in North Center where we’ll discuss her career, campaign, and vision for Chicago. eventbrite.com/e/a-city-that…
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Join our friends at the @ChicagoNewLibs and @Isaiah4CPS to celebrate the elections results at both the national and local levels, with tight school board races all over and a hoped for blue wave in the midterms. luma.com/cnl-qt3d
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Chicago already taxes software more than any other major city in the country. Naturally, Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to increase it by 33% in his 2027 budget. citythatworks.substack.com/p…
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“…taxing businesses on their critical inputs is bad for growing Chicago’s economy. We have, for example, been trying for some time now to make Chicago the nation’s leader in quantum computing.”
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“Putting it simply: if you tax the fundamental things that a business needs to operate, that business will not do as well. That is bad for employment, wages, and economic growth in the City of Chicago.”
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THIS FRIDAY: Join A City That Works and Illinois Comptroller and Mayoral candidate @susanamendoza10 Friday, October 30th in North Center where we’ll discuss her career, campaign, and vision for Chicago. eventbrite.com/e/a-city-that…
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By just investing a fraction of Chicago’s $2 billion police budget into improving its civilian emergency response program, Chicago will not only prevent unnecessary incarceration but save both lives and money. citythatworks.substack.com/p…
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“Mayor Johnson was elected on a campaign platform that included greatly expanding the CARE program, but unfortunately, his administration’s mismanagement of the program shrunk its staff and responses dramatically for his first three years in office, despite expanding city-wide.”
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“If Chicago can fix its 911 dispatch, get the right leadership, and put in sufficient funding (possibly with the help of the county), it can be part of one of the most important changes in emergency response in decades.”
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Join A City That Works and Illinois Comptroller and Mayoral candidate @susanamendoza10 next Friday, October 30th in North Center to discuss her career, campaign, and vision for Chicago. RSVP below: shorturl.at/hgWdg
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