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Fran Spielman interviews Anthony Beale on City Council resistance to massive property tax increase

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s most outspoken City Council critic predicts mayor will come up empty in Springfield and have no choice but to raise property taxes by as much as $500 million.

By Sun-Times staff

Ald. Anthony Beale is interviewed by reporter Fran Spielman Friday, May 10, 2019. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be forced to propose a massive property tax increase to erase an $838 million shortfall, but she’ll have trouble getting the City Council votes because aldermen are fed up with her attempts to “neuter” them. Ald. Anthony Beale talks about that prediction and more on The Fran Spielman Show.

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