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Chicago Mayor Jokes About Needing Beyonce To Fix Budget Crisis As Backlash Erupts
The laughter in the mayor's office increased shortly after Johnson's comments about Beyonce being able to solve the budget crisis had...
That one comment, while it diminished some good economic news meant to be painting a glow, brought back to the fore Chicago’s all-too-well-known financial troubles. Taking a standpoint with regard to Chicago finances has done nothing but make Johnson a hot topic of discussion; the city having been wracked by shortfalls, pension obligations, and dwindling values of downtown commercial property. Certainly champions for Beyonce in the past, those concerts did provide a sterner boost to the economy-were reported to have generated $42.7 million of local economic impact for the city of Chicago in the span of three shows-albeit the mayor’s jokingly-treatment of her being able to offer solutions towards deeper systemic problems was ill-timed and blatantly off from many.
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