[Chicago Shawn]

Welp I’m pissed and my fiancé is even more pissed. Honestly putting our place up for sale is not out of the question. I’m tired of the crime and the awful state of the CTA while also stomaching a huge property tax increase, and none of this is going to get better within the next couple of years. I hope city council stonewalls Brandon on the tax increases, we can’t afford a anti-business billboard hanging over the city because the rest of us will be left holding the bag for city budget required to pay into the huge pension obligations. Will Brandon pivot to a more pragmatic approach with more carrots and fewer sticks? His sudden support of One Central is encouraging I suppose, hopefully it’s a signal that he wants to encourage growth as a tool to support his goals rather than draconian taxes at a time when we are trying to encourage businesses that maintaining operations in the city is a good investment.

Yes there are still 91,363 mail-in ballots still outstanding, but those aren’t going to favor Vallas.