Showing posts with label Incompetence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incompetence. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Not looking for a handout.....not this guy

Johnson turns up the heat on Springfield to deliver $150M in funding built into Chicago Public School budget
“I’m gonna do anything and everything that’s necessary. But, at some point .. you cannot expect me to solve everybody’s problems and the fact of the matter is I can’t,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday. “We need our state partners to continue to rise to the occasion. That’s what working people demand.”
By Fran Spielman
Aug 4, 2026, 5:08pm CDT




Mayor Brandon Johnson holds a press briefing at City Hall on Tuesday. The need for Springfield to address Chicago Public Schools was among the topics.

Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed Tuesday to do “anything and everything necessary” to keep the

Monday, June 29, 2026

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Brandon challenges Trump?

Mayor Brandon Johnson warns Trump that Chicago has 'to go as far necessary’ to protect the Constitution
As officials prepare for Trump to escalate immigration enforcement, Johnson says Chicago is prepared to fight in the courts, the street and with policy to protect residents.
By Mariah Woelfel | WBEZ
Jun 17, 2025, 4:23pm CDT





Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a World Refugee Day ceremony at Daley Plaza in the Loop, Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

Mayor Brandon Johnson declared Tuesday that Chicagoans “have to go as far as necessary” to “protect our Constitution” as the Trump administration sets its sight on the city as a target for militarized immigration enforcement.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Super Competent Police Chief Being Obstructed by Super Incompetent and Conflicted Mayor

Police Supt. Larry Snelling wants snap curfew power Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn't want to give him
“What that curfew would be used for is deterrence. We would like to have something like that in advance when we know that there’s the possibility of a gathering that’s going to lead to violence in a particular area that has a history” of it, Snelling told the Sun-Times Wednesday.
By Fran Spielman
Jun 4, 2025, 5:02pm CDT





Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling sees snap curfews as a useful tool in dealing with teen takeovers.

Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling on Wednesday said he wants a power that Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn’t want to give him: authority to declare three-hour-long “snap curfews” anywhere in the city with just 30 minutes’ notice.

Monday, June 2, 2025

Surprising, the entire Bears stadium effort is as inempt as the team!

Bears blocked from stadium help again as legislative clock runs out
Three bills surfaced in the Illinois General Assembly that could’ve thrown the team a block in their rush to the former Arlington International Racecourse, but none made headway by the time lawmakers gaveled out early Sunday.
By Mitchell Armentrout and George Wiebe
Jun 1, 2025, 2:36pm CDT




An aerial view of the former Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights Wednesday , June 14, 2023.

SPRINGFIELD — Another legislative session came and went without the Chicago Bears breaking the line of scrimmage in Springfield for legislation to help them build a new stadium.

With lawmakers scrambling to pass a state budget and agonizing over the future of mass transit, the Bears’ team of lobbyists was left on the Capitol sideline in their push for a bill that would potentially pave the way to a dome in Arlington Heights.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

In over his head.......and desperate too

Mayor Johnson fans the flames of race hatred in his political war against President Trump
“You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food, a president that is working to erase culture. I mean, you can’t make this stuff up. He’s doing it in plain sight,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday.
By Fran Spielman
May 27, 2025, 2:23pm CDT





Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers the Chicago Welcome at Monday’s Memorial Day commemoration in Grant Park. He stepped up his war of words with President Donald Trump at his weekly news conference Tuesday.

 
Mayor Brandon Johnson appears to be helping himself politically — and playing to the local crowd — by standing toe to toe with President Donald Trump. So it’s no surprise that he’s doing more of it, even if provokes the president and makes Chicago a bigger target.

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Bears PIVOT from Chicago to Arlington Heights

 
the incompetence on the part of Chicago, Arlington Heights and the Bears in incomprehensible