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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Four days before budget vote, Lightfoot goes on offensive against balking City Council members

Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters after she and Amy Eshleman voted on Thursday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Nearly four years ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot used money from her political action committee to call out City Council members who dared to vote against her first budget. 

On Thursday, she did her political shaming before the fact — four days before Monday’s final Council vote on her $16.4 billion 2023 budget. 

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