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Brandon Johnson: “He skirts out of here, leaves us with this $734 million…”

Featuring: Brandon Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Chicago | Illinois

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Holds Press Briefing On Recent Flooding In City's Southwest Side

Published | Video Starts at 32:53

We told people two years ago that it was problematic. We told people last year was a problem. And then He skirts out of here, leaves us with this $734 million deficit that we ultimately will fix. But we're not going to do it if we don't have a shared interest of making sure that we're investing in our young people, protecting our immigrant community, protecting the LGBTQ community, protecting black history, protecting veteran educators. (32:53–33:00)

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Asserts that the previous CEO left a $734 million deficit.

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