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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city government worker layoffs a last resort, but preferable to a property tax hike

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AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 30, 2020 at 3:37 pmMayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said she would only lay off or furlough city workers as a “last, last, last resort,” but that she would do so before considering raising property taxes.Speaking at a news conference about reopening Chicago police detective areas, Lightfoot said she isn’t now considering following other cities in laying off workers or cutting back their hours or pay.Advertisement“As somebody who worked in city government in days when there were mandatory furlough days and layoffs, that’s demoralizing to your workforce,” Lightfoot said.AdvertisementBut it’s too early to say for sure how badly the coronavirus shutdown will hurt the city’s bottom line.“I can’t tell you yet what the full magnitude of the impact is on our 2020 budget, and we don’t start our formal process of looking ahead to 2021 until, really, the end of May, beginning of June,” she said.As for when she might consider such cuts: “But I view layoffs and furloughs as a last, last, last resort. Well, last is raising property taxes.”Twitter Advertisement

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 30, 2020 at 3:37 pmMayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said she would only lay off or furlough city workers as a “last, last, last resort,” but that she would do so before considering raising property taxes.Speaking at a news conference about reopening Chicago police detective areas, Lightfoot said she isn’t now considering following other cities in laying off workers or cutting back their hours or pay.Advertisement“As somebody who worked in city government in days when there were mandatory furlough days and layoffs, that’s demoralizing to your workforce,”...

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