Just this month, Emanuel presented his 2018 budget, which includes additional costs for rideshare services and a 28 percent increase in fees for calling 911. City Council member Carlos Ramirez-Rosa says the new budget “nickel-and-dimes working-class Chicagoans while giving the mayor’s rich and powerful campaign donors a free pass.”
These new taxes come on the heels of the largest increase in property taxes in modern Chicago history. Another hike is slated for 2020.
Since taking office, Emanuel has implemented new taxes on water, sewer, telephone use and garbage pickup, to name but a few. Altogether, he has raised the cost of living for an average Chicago family by at least $1,700. Meanwhile, he’s privatized more and more public services, from the public schools’ janitorial services to the Skyway, the toll road that connects the city to northern Indiana.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/20669/jeff-bezos-rahm-emanuel-chicago-amazon
I'm not saying he is donald trump. But, he does share some of his values. Yes, he is better on the environment, LGBT rights and immigration. But, he is also destroying my city.
BTW he is wrong about police community relations. They are awful right now. He hid the Laquan McDonald video for a year so it wouldn't hurt him in the last election and the murderer police officer got to continue on his job until the public outrage went to a national level. Carjackings are way up and in all neighborhoods right now.
It upsets me that Stephen Colbert did this interview.
I want a new mayor!!!
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