Vallas and Johnson each have big ideas on how to make the city better and safer – but that means money.
-- Chicago mayoral finalists Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson each have big ideas on how to make the city better and safer – but that means money.
Vallas also wants to expand mental health services – while beefing up police ranks. To accomplish that goal, Vallas plans to hire new officers and bring back retired cops by extending their health care.But all of it takes money. Johnson will not raise property taxes, while Vallas wants to cap them."We're going to raise the revenue," Johnson said recently at the Women's Forum.
Often criticized as a slush fund for elected officials, the city's TIF program provides hundreds of millions of dollars in property tax revenue to projects in designated districts across the city. "Plus, if you are billing properly - Medicaid reimbursement, private insurance companies, et cetera – you can actually fund the restoration and reopening of mental health services," Vallas said at the UIC Forum Tuesday.
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