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Originally Posted by twister244
I'm sorry - No - Johnson doesn't get to swoop in and claim credit for this massive undertaking that Pritzker has led. He can claim that he hasn't stopped it, but this is not something he has led.
What Johnson has led is:
1 - Working in the interest of his CTU buddies
2 - Firing and polarizing anyone that objects to the agendas of him and his stooges.
3 - Trying to pass along another massive property tax hike to homeowners in Chicago instead of addressing our core financial issues.
4 - Taking out a loan to kick said issues down the road.
These are the things Johnson has created, led, and is responsible for.... And this is why he's a garbage mayor.
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The article was written before a site was chosen, so there wouldn't be any information about the selection process.
This article lays out more clearly the collaboration and city incentives used to make the South Works site more attractive. I never claimed that he should get to swoop in and take credit. I also never said he "led" it. I literally explained how Pritzker can, should, and does get the credit for the Quantum Campus existing.
It is also a fact that these private companies chose a site in Chicago over a free site in Lockport. If it was any other mayor, you wouldn't have trouble admitting that some small amount of credit is warranted for that economic development win. If Lockport was chosen, would you have blamed him for it?
The other things you list are obvious and nobody here disagrees with them. They also aren't relevant in any way to the simple point. He is a bad mayor, that wasn't the discussion. The discussion was that he is so bad, that he doesn't even get credit for the few, small wins he has gotten (i.e. The Quantum Campus).
Either way, it seems like we are talking past each other at this point, so lets move on.