Politics & Government
Mayor Johnson's Budget Team Criticizes Rivals' Budget, Claims It Would Leave $163 Million Shortfall
Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget team spent the afternoon presenting and criticizing the alternative budget crafted by the mayor's opponents.
Updated on: December 18, 2025
Back-and-forth budget talks between Mayor Brandon Johnson's office and his opponents on the City Council continued Wednesday afternoon at Chicago City Hall with no resolution in sight.
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The City Council Budget Committee met on Wednesday afternoon to debate the spending side of an alternative budget plan backed by about two dozen alders, in hopes of passing a budget before the end of the year and avoiding an unprecedented city government shutdown.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget team spent the afternoon presenting and criticizing the alternative budget crafted by the mayor's opponents, effectively telling them their math doesn't math, claiming their plan would leave a $163 million shortfall.
