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Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson is the most unpopular mayor in Chicago’s undistinguished history. Just 14% of residents in the city approve of his administration.
Howunpopularishecomparedtoothercitypoliticalandcivicleaders?
ChicagoTeachersUnionpresidentStacyDavisGates(whosendsherkidtoprivateschool,bytheway)hasadismal-8approvalrating.TheChicagopublicschoolsystemisat-16netfavorability,whichatleastleavesitalittlebetteroffthantheTeacher’sUnion,whichisat-21favorability,andBrandonJohnson’shandpickednewschoolboard,whichbringsuptherearat-34.
ButJohnsonisabouttobecomeevenmoreunpopularafterhis2025budgetwasrevealedtoday.AfterrunningagainstformerschoolCEOPaulVallas(theonlypoliticianinChicagowithaplusapprovalrating)onaplatformpromisingnohikesinpropertytaxes,Johnsonisproposingtoboostthetaxby$300million.Thisisanastonishinglycynicalacteveninacityknownforitscynicism.
There’saonebilliondollarholeinthebudgetcourtesyof(waitforit)theChicagoTeacher’sUnion(CTU),whosenewcontractisacornucopiao
