Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math
It’s an age-old maxim to say politics is a game of addition, not subtraction. Coalition building is about bringing people together. By bringing more people to the table, you create an environment where opinions can be heard, more data is considered and a plan is drafted with all voices echoing in its construction.
Opinion
Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s disastrous parking-meter deal leaps to mind. But Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on ending Chicago’s use of the ShotSpotter gun-detection technology is one for the record books when it comes to head-scratching political decisions.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has authorized selling a former Illinois National Guard armory to the city for $1 for the "express purpose ...
Brandon Johnson is playing politics as his predecessors did, like appointing loyal organizers. But the flavor of his politics ...
With a months-long fight over the mayor's zoning chair pick seemingly settled, a new front is opening in the battle over ...
Johnson and other elected officials had until Sunday to reject the 4.1% pay raise. At least two alderpersons have said they ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson announces two Chicago housing developments funded by new HED bonds, enhancing affordable housing in the ...
WARRENTON — Brandon Johnson is digging this quarterbacking thing. The Warrenton High senior has been a standout at safety the ...
After facing an onslaught of criticism last week for a shake-up in his City Hall lobbying team that involved elevating a key ...
Johnson is asking for billions in state bailouts, and good luck with that. He and the Chicago Teachers Union have indicated ...
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