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Ah, my kind of town. In the same Wirepoints summary that included your Chicago pension article, there was this:

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mayor-johnson-backs-away-from-campaign-tax-increase-proposals? The CME Group has sold all its properties and only has leases. These leases have escape clauses if Illinois or Chicago do anything economically onerous they can break their leases.

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Aaaaah reality.

It's one thing to promise (or threaten) during a campaign. It's another thing to have a balance sheet and income statement in front of you that you have to deal with. Maybe he understands why the Daleys (the smart money) skedaddled.

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