Meanwhile, all but six of Chicago's 50 aldermen plan to accept a 6.2 percent cost-of-living increase that will boost their annual salaries to $110,556 Jan. 1.Well I look forward to seeing or knowing more about this budget.
Aldermen John Pope (10th); James Balcer (11th); Scott Waguespack (32nd); Tom Tunney (44th); Helen Shiller (46th), and Mary Ann Smith (48th) are the only aldermen to sign affidavits by a Sept. 15 deadline declaring their intention to forfeit the increase.
Forty-four aldermen declined to sign the affidavit from Budget Director Bennett Johnson, in part, because of the effect it would have on their pensions. Some were offended that Johnson even asked.
"I need to see more from the departments. I need to see more from the administration. I'm looking at new cars and other luxuries that people have. We need to get rid of those luxuries . . . before we balance the budget on the backs of working people -- including the two-[ticket] boot rule as well as the aldermen," said Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th).
The mayor is scheduled to unveil his proposed 2009 budget on Oct. 15.
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