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 ...
Chicago Sun-Times5d
City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council ... On the other side of the West Side fence was Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), whose ward includes the crime-ridden Harrison District.
Crain's Chicago Business5d
Johnson faces fresh opposition on ShotSpotter as City Council gears up for more fights
Attempting to tie the hands of Mayor Brandon Johnson, supporters in the City Council ... Council that wants to keep ShotSpotter.” Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, chair of the Budget Committee, said ...
Athlon Sports3d
Duck Nickelback Brandon Johnson Plays Like His Mom, But That's a Good Thing
As an athlete, Brandon Johnson takes after his mother. His father Wayne played four years of varsity football at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, but his mother Alanda played ...
ABC 7 Chicago5d
Mayor Johnson condemns ShotSpotter as 'a walkie-talkie on a pole' days before system shuts down
CHICAGO -- The gunshot detection system some City Council members are trying desperately to keep is little more than "a walkie-talkie on a pole," Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday. Johnson ...
Crain's Chicago Business4d
Showdown over ShotSpotter looms as City Council approves new measure to keep it running
The City Council approved a last-ditch effort today over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s objection to try ... with a solution to replace the system. Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, who represents the West ...
Chicago Sun-Times6d
Raise haze — facing a $1 billion budget gap, Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay hike next year
Mayor Brandon Johnson answers questions after a press conference to celebrate the Chicago Classic at Soldier Field Monday. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Elected city officials are slated to ...
WBEZ3d
City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto
A defiant City Council on Wednesday tried to force Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep the ShotSpotter ... On the other side of the West Side fence was Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), whose ward includes ...
WBEZ6d
Facing a $1 billion budget gap, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay raise next year
Chicago elected officials are slated to receive a 4.1% raise next year, though Mayor Brandon Johnson has so far declined to say whether he plans to take the pay bump as the city stares down a ...
Chicago magazine3d
City Council Is Seeing Red With Johnson’s Ranks
Mayor Brandon Johnson just appointed one of his left-wing buddies to serve as his liaison to the city council, putting her in charge of selling his budget to the alders at a time when the city has ...
ABC 7 Chicago3d
Some aldermen warn ShotSpotter veto could blow up budget negotiations between mayor, city council
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson has vowed to veto an ordinance that would keep ShotSpotter gun detection technology in place, but supporters in council are not ready to give up the fight ...