>> HEY, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW AMEND OF IN TURKEY, A JUDGE PUTS A DENT IN MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SIGNATURE PLAN TO CURB HOMELESSNESS.

>> THE PLAN WAS A HIGHER TAX ON BIG MONEY.

REAL ESTATE SALES.

NOW A COURT RULING BLOCKS VOTERS FROM WEIGHING IN.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER MAKES HIS BUDGET PITCH MORE SPENDING FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR MIGRANTS.

MAYBE SOME OF YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST SAY THIS IS NOT OUR PROBLEM AND THAT WE SHOULD LET THE MIGRANT FAMILY STARVE OR FREEZE TO DEATH.

>> BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT SCENT MIDWESTERNERS BUT CRITICS SAY THEY WANT ILLINOIS'S RESIDENTS LONG UNMET NEEDS TO COME FIRST, THIS CHICAGO CLOSES FOR MIGRANT SHELTERS.

>> IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO LEARN WITHOUT BEING WORRIED ABOUT.

AM I GOING TO BE ALIVE TO GO HOME?

>> WHEN WE SAY WHOLE SCHOOL SAFETY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES.

NO MORE COPS IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR STUDENT SAFETY.

IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO IS IT PROVIDING A REAL TRUE BENEFIT IN WHICH IT PROMISED TO DO?

THE MAYOR DISMISSES SHOTSPOTTER, BUT IT'S A LONG AND COSTLY FAREWELL.

I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY.

>> I DON'T LIKE GETTING I DON'T LIKE IT MIGHT CHANGE >> ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A CHAIN OF DOLLAR STORES NOW RESTRICTED ON WHERE THEY CAN OPEN AND THE WHITE SOX PITCH STATE LAWMAKERS ON A BILLION DOLLARS SUBSIDY.

>> AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR WE CAN REVIEW OUR PANEL INCLUDES BRANDON COPE FROM WC IU AND WBEZ CHARLES FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

MELODY MERCADO FROM BLOCK CLUB, CHICAGO AND IN THE CHILL ARMAN TROUT OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.

I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU FIRST.

WE HAVE FRESH NEWS JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.

A COOK COUNTY JUDGE STRIKING DOWN A REFERENDUM QUESTION THAT HAD BEEN A CAMPAIGN PROMISE OF MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

THIS IS A PLAN THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY RAISE TAXES ON HIGH PRICED REAL ESTATE SALES BE HOMES OR BUSINESSES AND THEN USE THAT MONEY TO FUND HOMELESSNESS.

PREVENTION.

THIS IS KNOWN AS BRING CHICAGO HOME.

DID THE JUDGE TAKES ACTION FIRST MAJOR POLICY BELOW HERE FOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

IT WAS A BIG BLOW.

INDEED.

THE REASONING IS BECAUSE >> THE CHICAGO BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, THEY FELT LIKE THE QUESTION ITSELF.

A REFERENDUM QUESTION WAS TO MISLEADING TOWARD THE YES SIDE AND THE WORD NOW, JUDGE KATHLEEN BURKE.

SHE DID NOT GIVE A REASON WHY SHE MADE HER RULING IN PARTICULAR.

SHE KIND OF WALKED OFF AFTER MAKING A BET THAT'S WHAT THEY ALLEGE THEIR IN THEIR FILING AND MAKING THIS LAWSUIT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT IT'S GOING TO STAY ON THE BALLOT.

YOU'RE STILL GOING TO SEE IN THERE IN MARCH.

HOWEVER, THE VOTES ARE GOING TO BE COUNTED.

HOWEVER, THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS.

SO IF THE APPEAL GOES THROUGH STILL SHOT, BUT THE TIMING HERE ARE VERY SLIM FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

YEAH.

I MEAN, EARLY VOTING HAS ALREADY BEGUN EXCITES >> THE BULLS ROLLING.

MISSED.

THE PROCESS IS ALREADY MOVING FORWARD.

ANY STOCKS MENTIONED TERMS OF THIS IS A QUESTION IS BRANDON NOTED, YOU HAD.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE FANCY NAME OF THE REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION.

TO THAT, IS THIS REALLY FINDING ANY SORT OF LEGAL EXCUSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT IT?

AND WHY IS GIVES THE POLITICS THE REAL ESTATE THIS PUT A FULL-COURT PRESS TO TRY AND STOP OBVIOUSLY OUR LEGAL ARGUMENT BASED ON.

>> THE WORDING OF THE THE REFERENDUM ITEM BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PASSAGE OF THIS WOULD THE INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, BUY SOME BUY THEIR OWN ASSESSMENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE TENS OF MILLIONS PER YEAR.

SO THEY WERE REALLY READY TO DO ANYTHING TO TO KNOCK IT OFF.

AND THE RARE OCCASION, I'M NOT WATCHING WTW.

I'VE ALREADY SEEN COMMERCIALS FOR THIS ON TV ENCOURAGING VOTERS SAYING THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

NOW, WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THINGS IN SORT IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS?

THE >> MAYOR OUT WITH NEW PLAN FOR THIS >> RIGHT.

HE JUST TO CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

A 1.2 5 BILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE LAWSUIT OVERALL WILL STOP PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, GOING IN AND AND VOTING ON THE REFERENDUM.

OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ON THAT AND A LOT ALAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, BRANDON JOHNSON HAS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS UP HIS SLEEVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OTHER OTHER CAMPAIGN PROMISES THAT HE HAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST IS TO PLAY HERE, HAS BROAD SUPPORT WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SO DIFFERENT.

>> IT'S SOME WOULD SAY INNOVATIVE.

AND SINCE 1984, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN STUCK ON THE TESTS.

THE CHALLENGE WITH TIPS IN GENERAL, YOU'RE LIMITED TO THE AREA IN PARTICULAR.

THE TEMPS ARE IN FOR THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

A LOT OF TIMES WITH THESE THESE TO FINANCING DISTRICTS OR THESE AREAS ARE REALLY NEED THAT INFUSION.

SO THIS TIME AROUND WITH THAT BORROWING PLAN, YOU CAN INVEST WHEREVER YOU WANT.

OF COURSE, THE BIG THAT THE ISSUE THERE, THE ARGUMENT THAT'S MADE THAT STILL MORE DEBT TO THE CITY THAT ALREADY TAKEN END BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A PLAN THAT WOULD HAS TIPS EXPIRE.

>> USE THE MONEY FROM THESE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS USE THE MONEY INSTEAD TO PAY OFF NEW BORROWING THAT FUND THIS ONE PLUS BILLION DOLLARS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER INITIATIVES.

NOBODY SO THAT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF IS IS.

>> PITCHING RESIDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS ON CITY COUNCIL THAT THIS ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ITSELF THAT, YES, WE WOULD BE TAKING ON ADDITIONAL DEBT.

1.0, 2, 5 BILLION.

AND THEN OF COURSE, NOT A SMALL NUMBER.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT WILL ACCUMULATE OVER TIME.

>> BUT THE ARGUMENT IS THAT WITH ABOUT 45 DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE EXPIRING, ALL OF THAT MONEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT DEBT AND MORE SO PAY FOR ALL THE DEBT THAT ACCUMULATED, INCLUDING THE INTEREST.

AND THEN AT THE END THE REMAINING.

BUT THEN GO BACK TO THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS FUND FOR THE CITY.

SO HUGE INITIATIVE YET TO BE VOTED ON.

LET'S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VOTED ON IN THIS, IN FACT, WAS JUST LAST NIGHT.

>> BOARD OF EDUCATION, BY THE WAY, ALL HAND-PICKED BY MAYOR JOHNSON, THESE MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO TERMINATE A 10 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR UNIFORMED COPS IN SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE KNOWN AS SORROWS OR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

I WANT TO JUST TAKE A LET'S GO WITH YOU, WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR HAVING POLICE IN SCHOOLS SAYS THEY WILL BE ALLOWED ANYMORE.

BUT WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT I MEAN, JUST THE GENERAL IDEA OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AROUND IN CASE?

>> GOD FORBID SOMETHING TERRIBLE OR ILLEGAL OR DANGEROUS THREATENING TO ANY STUDENTS, STAFF TEACHERS.

AND LIKE THAT.

>> OFFICERS BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OBVIOUSLY POSES A CERTAIN ADVANTAGE.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THESE SRO'S WERE ASSIGNED, MANY OF THEM ARE IN TRADITIONALLY BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HAD OBVIOUSLY VERY TROUBLED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE POLICE THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A QUESTION KIND OF.

RECONCILING THE PAST AND HOW POLICE OPERATE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS VERSUS THE PRESIDENT FUTURE FOR HOW THEY WILL INTERACT STUDENTS IN THE GOING FORWARD?

>> WELL, IN BRITAIN, SORT OF SEEMS LIKE MAYOR JOHNSON, IT BIG THIS OUT TO BE NOT A HUGE DEAL CONTINUALLY POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE ONLY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN SOME 39 SCHOOLS OUT OF MORE THAN 600.

SO NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

AND YET BOARD MEMBERS ARE SAYING THIS COULD REPRESENT HUGE CHANGE.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY IN SCHOOLS?

WHAT'S THE PLAN?

>> SO ULTIMATELY WHAT MAYOR JOB TO KEEP SAYING IS THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO STILL HAVE ALLOCATED FINANCING TO HAVE SECURITY GUARDS MORE.

THEY CAN REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS TOWARD SECURITY GUARD.

JUST NOT A POLICE ZACHARY, WHICH I MEAN, WHAT'S DIFFERENT?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE ARE THEY VERSUS AN ARM.

MAYBE THAT EXACTLY IS THE DIFFERENCE THERE OR YOU CAN REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TOWARD MORE CONFLICT RESOLUTION OFFICERS WERE MORE COUNSELORS AND THINGS LIKE INTERESTING, THOUGH, AFTER THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT LOSING LAST I TALKED TO ONE OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO WAS AGAINST SRO IS BEING WIPED AWAY ENTIRELY.

HIS ARGUMENT IS THAT OKAY?

WE HAD THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS, LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS MADE THAT DECISION FOR THEIR LOCAL DISTRICT.

HE WAS LIKE NOT EVERY DISTRICT.

IT WAS GOING TO FEEL OK WITH HAVING SCHOOL OFFICERS GONE ALTOGETHER.

HE'S LIKE WHAT'S ACCOUNTS ARE GOING TO DO WITH 5 OF MY STUDENTS ARE GOING AT IT AND GOD FORBID THEY HAVE A GUN LIKE WHAT'S WHAT'S ACCOUNTS ARE GOING TO DO IN THAT SITUATION?

HE FEEL SAFER WITH AN OFFICER ON HAND.

SO IF THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION ON BOTH SIDES IT'S NOT REALLY BLACK OR WHITE CUT AND DRY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WHICH SIDE IS REALLY RIGHT.

ONE, I WANT STAY WITH US A BIT AND MAYBE FOCUS ON THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

AND WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, >> THIS IS AN APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD MAKING A VERY SIGNIFICANT DECISION.

ONE OF SEVERAL BEFORE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD COMES ON.

AND ALSO, AS YOU NOTED, THIS IS A DECISION THAT SOME FOLKS SHOULD BE MADE LOCALLY BY THESE ELECTED LOCAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT SCHOOL COUNCILS, MAYOR JOHNSON, SEEING THAT HE LIKE WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER MAYORS, WANTS TO BE TRANSPARENT LAST WEEK WAS REALLY DICEY.

SO MELODY, YOU, I BELIEVE COVERED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT JOHNSON HELD THIS WEEK.

DOES IT SEEM LIKE THERE'S A CHANGE IN TENOR AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THERE SEEM TO BE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN TONE FROM THIS WEEK TO THE WEEK PRIOR.

I WILL IT WAS I ALTHOUGH I DID NOT ATTEND THE ONE THE WEEK PREVIOUSLY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL A LOT OF US WATCHED IT AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO WATCH BECAUSE >> I EXPLAINED THAT I MEAN, IT I GOT THE SAME.

BUT FOR THOSE DON'T WATCH PRESS CONFERENCES FOR FUN, WELL, YOU KNOW, MOST NOT US, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS VERY HEATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE VERY SEASONED, YOU MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPS WHO ARE ASKING VERY POINTED QUESTIONS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE YES OR NO ANSWER TO QUESTION GENTLEMEN THE MAYOR GETTING THE RUN AROUND AND IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR REPORTERS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE ASKING SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS FOR AT SUBSEQUENT DIFFERENT PRESS CONFERENCES.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STORY THAT CAME OUT IN THE SOMETIMES THAT THAT DETAILED SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THE PAST.

AND THEN, OF YOU KNOW, MEETING MAYOR JOHNSON MET WITH AN EDITORIAL BOARD AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE RECORD.

AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE.

>> WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OFF THE CASE THAT YOU'RE NOT ON THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE SUN-TIMES, BUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SUN TIMES.

JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THIS IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST JOURNALISTS SORT WHINING A DIFFICULT JOB.

WHY DOES THIS MATTER IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY SHARES A LOT OF TIME MAJOR OFFICIALS LIKE BRANDON JOHNSON WILL DO, THOUGH PRESIDENT OR A BOARDS LIKE OURS >> TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT POLICY BUT ALSO WITHIN THOSE MEETINGS OFTEN OUR CITY HALL REPORTER IN THIS CASE, FRAN SPIELMAN, WHAT IS THE MARISCHAL SIT IN ON THOSE MEETINGS AND COVER YOU WOULD ANY OTHER A PRESS CONFERENCE?

YOU KNOW, IT'S OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM ELECTED OFFICIAL ABOUT IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, I I WOULD SAY FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE IF NOT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKING IT FOR GIVEN THAT WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT A NEWSPAPER, A GROUP EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS AND TOP SEED HARP OR DID THAT THAT DISCUSSIONS GOING TO BE ON THE RECORD AND THAT BE ABLE TO REPORT ON IT.

IS VERSUS IT BEING SECRET?

CORRECT.

UNLESS AGREED UPON BEFOREHAND OF SPRING.

THIS ON YOU GUYS LIKE YEAH.

DURING THE MEETING, SHOW UP THE MAYOR'S PRESS SECRETARY DECIDED.

>> THEY WOULD ONLY SPEAK.

THAT WAS OFF THE RECORD WHICH WE'VE THINGS AND IMPORTANTLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THERE'S A VIRTUAL HANG UP BY THE ON VIA ZOOM.

>> IT BEFORE WE MOVE ON JUST TO SIMPLY PUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION?

WE HAVE DIFFICULT WEEK LAST WEEK AND THEN IS MELODY NOTED IT SEEMED TO MARKET SHIFT IN DOES THIS LEAVE THINGS WITH SORT OF THE MAYOR AND TRANSPARENCY PUBLIC FACING PERSONA?

>> HE'S 10 MONTHS INTO THE JOB LIKE.

YOU'RE NOT NEW ANYMORE.

ACTING LIKE STEPPED.

ALL FINAL WORD THERE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

I GOT BACK FROM SPRINGFIELD.

IT WAS THEIR UP WITH IT.

AND MITCH AREN'T WROTE.

AND THIS TALKING ABOUT GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER WHO INTRODUCED A 52.7 >> BILLION DOLLARS, STATE BUDGET.

HE SAYS THIS WAS FILLED WITH HARD CHOICES.

MITCH, WHAT HEART OR TRACES WERE THERE?

>> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAINLY HARD HE CALLED AN AUSTERE, WHICH EYES, YOU KNOW, REPUBLICANS IN SPRINGFIELD, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

THIS IS THE THE LARGEST PROPOSED SPENDING PACKAGE THE STATE'S EVER SEEN.

I THINK SOME OF THOSE HARD CHOICES COME DOWN TO HOW MUCH TO SPEND ON A LOT OF THE PROGRESSIVE ISSUES THAT HE'S TRIED TO CHAMPION YOU KNOW, FIRST 5 YEARS IN JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS OF FOLKS WRANGLING LOT OVER IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS LAWMAKERS NEGOTIATE THE FINAL BUDGET.

THE GOVERNOR SET ASIDE 182 MILLION DOLLARS SHELTER AND CARE FOR THE THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO CONTINUE ARRIVING MOSTLY CHICAGO AND ANOTHER 600 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR FOR HEALTH CARE COST OR ADULTS ARE IN THE STATE.

AND IS THAT THE BIGGEST POINT OF CONTROVERSY AS YOU SEE IT, THE SPENDING AND NON-CITIZENS?

>> FROM REPUBLICANS PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S THEIR BIGGEST ISSUE.

I'M NOT DEMOCRATS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INTRA DISPUTES OVER.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER MORE OF THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISINVESTED FOR GENERATIONS.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF A DISCUSSION WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN CHICAGO FOR FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOT 2 MONTHS TO SORT OF HAMMER OUT THIS BUDGET TO 2 AND A THE NUMBER THE GOVERNOR PUT FORWARD PROBABLY IS NOT TO BE THE ONE WE LAND ON.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE HE'S OPEN THE BARGAINING.

AND DID HAVE 2.

HE'S I THINK THAT SOME OF THE HARD CHOICES THAT PERHAPS HE TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNOR HAD SAID.

>> I WILL HAVE TO CUT IN LESS.

WE DO THESE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE REALLY A BUNCH TAXES ON BUSINESSES AS WELL AS IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO PLACES BETS ON SPORTS KNOW ANYBODY HERE THAT ARE GOING YOU'RE GOING TO BET LESS IF THIS TAX GOES UP FROM 15 TO 35%, PROBABLY NOT.

I HAVE A PROBLEM.

SO, 100 HIS POPULAR, NOT BACKING TO DISSUADE AND ON.

SO I KNOW ONE PERCENT.

>> TAX.

A SALES TAX ON GROCERIES IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL MADE FREE.

WANT TO MOVE ON, THOUGH.

I WANT TO SAY WHAT WAS SORT OF YOUR OVERALL TAKE AWAY FROM THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF YOU, SOME PRETTY SOARING RHETORIC.

IS THAT JUST THIS AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR IT OR DID YOU SEE THIS IS TRYING TO BE GAUGE FOR A NATIONAL YOU KNOW, JB, YOU NEVER KNOW.

IT'S USUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF >> OBVIOUSLY, KIND OF TAKING ON THIS ROLE AS A SURROGATE FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

>> I'M JAMIE IS GOING TO BE IN A VAT OF THIS WEEKEND STUMPING FOR DEMOCRATS.

THERE.

YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S I THINK HE REALLY RELISHES HIS ROLE AS SORT OF A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PARTY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PRETTY LOW POPULARITY NUMBERS YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY ON BRAND FOR HIM.

YOU KNOW, HE HE KIND OF WENT AFTER NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ISSUES IN HIS SPEECH SHOULD HAVE THE BUDGET ADDRESSES KIND ESSENTIALLY THE, YOU KNOW, HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS.

SO SO YOU KNOW, HE ENJOYS SORT OF BEING AND THE BULLY PULPIT ALL.

YES, HE CERTAINLY DOES.

WELL.

>> IS GOING TO MIGRANT SHELTERS, BIG SOURCE OF STATE FUNDING, POTENTIALLY AT LEAST PART OF NEGOTIATIONS.

CHICAGO HAS CLOSED 4 OF THE SHELTERS THAT CURRENTLY ARE HOUSING OR THAT HAD BECAUSE CLEARLY THEY'RE CLOSE.

THEY'RE NOT HAVING THE MONEY, ASYLUM SEEKERS THAT WE DO HAVE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS DOWN.

I BELIEVE 17% SINCE MID DECEMBER.

MELODY.

WHY ARE THESE SHELTERS CLOSING?

IS THIS SOMETHING TO CITY CAN A FORD TO DO WE PRESUMABLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WORD FROM TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, WHETHER MORE BUSLOADS WILL BE ARRIVING.

>> SO THE MAYOR ARGUED THIS WEEK THAT HE IS CLOSING THOSE 4 SHELTERS BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT THEY'RE THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO RUN.

HE CITED A 19 MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE SAVED BY CLOSING I I'M A LITTLE INTERESTED IN THE NUMBERS THERE BECAUSE 2 OF THOSE ARE CITY OWN SHELTERS SO THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY PAY AT LEAST TO BE IN THEM.

AND THEN THE 2, THE 2 OTHERS COMPARED TO LEASING RATES THAT.

BLOCK CLUB HAS REPORTED ON THE PASSENGER IN THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

THOSE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP THERE.

AND SO I'M VERY CURIOUS IF THERE ARE OTHER REASONS FOR CLOSING THE HE DID SAY, HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY IS NOT REALLY LOOKING TO OPEN TO BUT THERE'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

ADDING A NEW POTENTIAL TAX FOR HELPING THE HOMELESS.

THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BILLION DOLLAR PLAN.

>> AND MORE MIGRANTS EXPECTED, RIGHT?

SO.

>> LIKE THIS, THIS HOW DOES THIS MAKE SOMETHING OF THAT?

IT IGNORES THE FACT THAT LIKE BORDER CROSSINGS HISTORICALLY EBB AND FLOW AND COME IN LIKE PATTERNS AND BARGE.

THERE'S ALWAYS A LARGE DROP OFF TIME OF YEAR.

SO WHAT HAPPENS?

INCOMING MIGRANTS, GREAT QUESTION AND IT IGNORES THE DNC IS GOING TO BE HERE.

AND YOU KNOW GREG ABBOTT AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TARGET CHICAGO FOR IN PARTICULAR TO SEND MORE ASYLUM SEEKERS THIS WAY.

JUST.

CLOSING THEM AND NOT OPENING THE DOOR TO REOPEN THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MATH IS MATH AND HONESTLY.

>> THEY WERE TRYING WHERE IT GOING TO SAY ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WAS CLOSE WAS THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY AGAIN, SEE WANTING TO GET THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, AS AS A LIBRARY AS IT WAS BEFORE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF HE'LL HAVE TO REOPEN ANY OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE.

SO MANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FUTURE IS FOR DEALING WITH THIS MIGRANT SITUATION WITH FUNDING AND JUST ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL.

BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH A MOVE OF THE POTENTIAL MOVE OF CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

BRING OWNER JERRY REINSDORF.

>> JOINING ME TONIGHT IN THE CAPITAL CITY TO TRY TO SEEK STATE FUNDING UP JUST BRIEFLY MUCH WHAT IT IS AND DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY SORT ON POSITIVE RECEPTION FOR LAWMAKERS WAS ARE TALKING ABOUT A QUOTE, UNQUOTE LAST YEAR SPENDING PLAN.

>> MISTER REINSDORF HIS IDEA IS TO USE BASED ALLEGATIONS OF TAX DOLLARS COMES OUT PROBABLY MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS WHEN ALL SAID AND DONE IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN.

HE WAS IN SPRINGFIELD THIS WEEK TALKING TO LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, BASICALLY TAKING THEIR TEMPERATURE TO SEE THERE'S ANY HOPE OF THIS BUT LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN, SORT OF TOUGH FISCAL STRAITS FOR THE STATE OVERALL.

WHICH MAKES YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT THE BEST TIME TO PUT YOUR HAND OUT FOR A BILLION DOLLARS FOR STADIUM BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT FROM THE TEAM IS THAT THIS IS MAJOR ECONOMIC DRIVER.

IF THEY BUILD THE STADIUM IN THE SOUTH UNDEVELOPED LAND, THEY SAY THEY CAN CREATE A WHOLE NEW TAXPAYERS JOBS.

YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE SORT OF ROSY PROJECTIONS THAT YOU GET WITH MASSIVE PROJECTS LIKE BUT, YOU THE ODDS AT THIS POINT OF SEEING ANY MAJOR DOLLARS RENTERS WITH THIS POINT I THINK ARE PRETTY WELL.

>> KNOW YOU'RE SOX FAN.

ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?

COULD IT BE THAT THIS IS AND ASK.

AND THEN WHEN ILLINOIS, WHEN CHICAGO IF AND WHEN THE ANSWER IS NO, THE SOX TRIED OFF TO SAY NASHVILLE.

>> IT'S A THREAT THAT'S BEEN MADE BEFORE A FEW TIMES AND THEY'RE STILL HERE.

JERRY REINSDORF IS ALMOST 90 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE TO THINK WHAT IS THE OWNERSHIP OF THE TEAM?

LOOK LIKE?

IN 5 YEARS IN 10 YEARS.

WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW.

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW.

GUARANTEED RATE FIELD IS SURROUNDED BY OCEAN OF PARKING LOTS.

IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE TEAM WANTS YOU TO SPEND WANTS FANS TO SPEND MONEY INSIDE THE STADIUM AS POST OUTSIDE.

SO A NEW DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS IS A COMPLETE ONE, 80 FROM WHERE THEY COME IT UNLESS YOU OWN ALL THE OTHER LAND AS THERE ARE THE RICKETTS TO SEE THAT SORT OF DIFFERENT FRANKLY.

>> IT JUST BRIEFLY, ALSO, BRANDON, THE BEARS ALSO LOOKING FOR A NEW STADIUM AND WE FINALLY ANSWERED NOW ON WHAT PRICE TAG THEY WILL HAVE FOR THE PROPERTY ALREADY PURCHASED WHICH WHEN EVERYBODY HAD ASSUMED THEY WERE FOR SURE GOING TO BECOME THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SO WHAT IS IT?

IT'S NOW I BELIEVE 125 MILLION IS THE ASSESSMENT.

THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY.

HOW MUCH ON THAT FOR THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT'S PRICIER THAN EXPECTED.

LOOKING LOOKING AT A HEFTY AMOUNT THERE.

AND INTERESTING.

>> THE BEARS ALREADY HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE KEVIN WARREN CAME IN LEANING TOWARD.

WE'VE GOT TO STAY IN CHICAGO, BE ON THE LAKEFRONT.

SO THIS HAS TO SHARPEN THEIR KIND OF RESOLVE A LITTLE BIT.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS GOING PRICE FOR EXPECTED FOR SURE.

STILL GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THAT TO FOR MINUTES LEFT.

I WANT TO GET TO SAM YOU POLICE DISCIPLINE.

HE'S BEEN A LOT IN THE NEWS WITH THIS QUESTION OVER WHAT HAPPENS WITH.

>> OFFICERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE DISCIPLINED.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW AND WHERE THEY GO TO TO GET TO MEAN THAT PUNISHMENT METED OUT.

WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS?

THAT OPC KING, THE MORATORIUM AND TOP COP UPSET, RIGHT?

YES.

>> THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS VERY BYZANTINE AND COMPLICATING A LOT OF WAYS.

BUT RIGHT NOW IS EFFECTIVELY PAUSED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

COUPLE WEEKS AGO AS THE FOP AND THE CITY'S A CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTRACT.

NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN THE CAN AND DONE.

HOWEVER, THE CONTRACT APPROVAL WAS BIFURCATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

ECONOMIC PACKAGE WAS LARGELY APPROVED.

DISCIPLINARY PACKAGE REMAINS IN FLUX.

THE FOP HAS FILED A LAWSUIT ASKING A JUDGE TO ENFORCE IT, SAYING THAT OFFICERS ARE ENTITLED TO ARBITRATION DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS DECIDED BY A 3RD PARTY WHICH WOULD BE A DEPARTURE FROM 60 YEARS OF PRECEDENT HERE IN THE CITY.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 20 PENDING POLICE POURED CASES THAT ARE FROZEN.

POLICE BOARD CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THEM UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE JUDGE DECIDES THIS COMING MONDAY LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A POLICE BOARD THERE ARE NO CASES DECIDED, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT SUPERINTENDENTS KNOWING BOY, SOME REALLY HARSH CRITICISM FOR ALMOST 10 MINUTES AGAINST THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY CRITICIZING THEIR INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICES AND POLICIES TO WHICH THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF COPA RESPONDED THAT THIS DELUGE OF DISCIPLINARY CASES THAT HAS NOW LANDED ON SELLING DESK IS ACTUALLY A BYPRODUCT OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF HALF OF THE POLICE CONTRACT A FEW MONTHS AGO.

AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING THERE SO MUCH MORE.

AND I KNOW FROM YOUR STORY, YOU REPORTED THAT THE.

>> IT THE TOP COP SAID WHAT WE'RE SEEING ARE EGREGIOUS PENALTIES FOR EXTREMELY MINOR INFRACTION, RIGHT?

THAT SOME HARSH IT IS UP.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.

>> COUPLE DOZEN IMPOSE DISCIPLINE ON POLICE OFFICERS COPE.

BUSH MAKES FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

POLICE BOARD IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ULTIMATELY SUSPEND OR FIRE AN OFFICER.

>> SO WE'VE GOT TIME FOR ALL THAT TO BE FIGURED OUT.

I WANT TO GET TO THIS DOLLAR STORE CRACKDOWN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PASSIONATE DISCUSSION IN THE CITY COUNCIL MELODY REGARDING THESE DOLLAR IN SOWETO RESOLUTION FOR AN ORDINANCE THAT IS PRETTY EASILY PASSING, SAYING YOU CANNOT TO COME IN WITHIN A MILE OF ANOTHER DOLLARS, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A PROHIBITION ON NEW DOLLARS BECAUSE EVERYWHERE.

WHY IS THIS SUCH A IT ISSUE?

IT'S FILLED WITH EMOTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE STORES THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY IN BLACK AND LATINO >> NEIGHBOR HAS A FANTASTIC INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FROM MY MANNY SHOWED HOW A LOT OF THESE STORES ARE JUST DIRTY.

THEY'RE DISGUSTING.

THEY'RE NOT RUN WELL.

AND ON TOP OF THEY HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED THEY'VE BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR LIKE OSHA VIOLATION FAMILY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FINES AND VIOLATIONS FROM THE CITY.

AND ALDERMAN O'SHEA FROM THE SOUTH SIDE VERY PASSIONATELY WAS LIKE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH AND WE DESERVE BETTER.

AND SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT THESE REGULATIONS WILL BRING THE DOLLAR STORES TO THE TO BE ABLE TO TO TO BASICALLY GET THEIR ACT FOR THE CITY OF IN THE ALDERMAN THAT ARE FRANKLY JUST OVER IT.

>> IN OUR FINAL 30 SECONDS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOUCH SHOTSPOTTER THAT HAS BEEN AND WHERE WE'LL COME SEPTEMBER.

PLUS, ANOTHER 2 MONTHS, CHICAGO GOING TO BE, HOWEVER, IS PICKING 8.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A MORE THAN A WHOLE YEAR'S CONTRACT.

BRANDON, SEEMS LIKE THEY GOT HEAR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO BE JUMPING.

THE GUN MAY BE JUMPING THE GUN ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO THAT'S THE CAUSE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE.

THE FUTURE, THOUGH, AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTING.

>> YOU KNOW, VIOLENCE WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW YET.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DATA AND WAITING TO HEAR WHAT COMES NEXT.

>> THAT DOES MEAN WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

UNFORTUNATELY HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION, MUCH APPRECIATION, TOO.

BRANDON, POPE CHARLES MELODY MERCADO AND MITCHELL ARMAN TROUT.

WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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>> NOW FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A OKAY.

SO SHOTSPOTTER.

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?

WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COME BACK.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S BUT KEY THING HERE IS THE CITY HALL HAS TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF PLAN TO REPLACE WITH.

THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE BEFORE ENDING SAY IT IS JUST NOT EFFECTIVE DOES NOT WANT TO SO.

STRAIGHT TERRIBLE SUCCESS RATE.

WELL, MY THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY.

YES, HE'S COMING UP.

THERE'S A LOT OF THAT BUT THAT YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

THIS 2 COMPETING QUESTION.

WASN'T ANYTHING.

IT'S IN WHAT DO YOU KEEP Y KEEP GOING?

THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION HERE.

BUT YOU'VE GOT A VERY BUSY SUMMER, POTENTIALLY VIOLENT SUMMER COMING.

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