{"id":1713590,"date":"2022-10-27T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713590"},"modified":"2022-10-27T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:20:57","slug":"chicago-mayor-demands-a-pay-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-demands-a-pay-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Demands a Pay Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayor-demands-a-pay-rise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lori-Lightfoot-Demands-5-Pay-rise-As-Chicago-Crime-Rates-Spiral-Out-Of-Control.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed giving herself a 5 percent annual pay increase despite mounting criticisms of soaring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/mayor-lightfoot-tells-mcdonalds-ceo-to-educate-himself-after-he-warns-of-rising-crime\/\">violent crime<\/a> in her city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot currently takes home an annual salary of $209,915, but the Mayor now demands an increase of up to 5 percent each year.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance announced on Wednesday it would give Lightfoot, city clerk, and treasurer access to a pay increase each year.<\/p>\n<p>This would mirror the process used by aldermen who are already eligible for the pay rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, the ordinance that was introduced today would put the Mayor, the city treasurer, and the clerk in line with all the other elected officials regarding a cost of living increase,\u201d Mayor Lightfoot said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a salary increase, I want to make sure that\u2019s clear, and it puts us in line with the aldermen. It would not go in effect until 2024 at that point, and each member, the Mayor, the clerk, and the treasurer would have the ability to opt-in or opt-out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/two-thirds-of-san-francisco-residents-plan-to-flee-due-to-crime\/\">Two-Thirds of San Francisco Residents Plan to Flee Due to Crime, Homelessness<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pay increase comes as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/crains-forum-safer-chicago\/chicago-violence-problem-debate-safety-inequality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> violent crime<\/a> in Chicago have increased by 37 percent since last year.<\/p>\n<p>Shootings in the city are up from the previous weekend when nine murders and 31 victims were reported.<\/p>\n<p>There have been a total of 2,313 shooting incidents reported in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, a total of 51 people were shot in Chicago, with some 11 victims dying in the 43 separate incidents \u2013 nine of the victims being juveniles.<\/p>\n<p>One of the shootings over the weekend involved a bullet scraping the face of a 14-year-old boy on a playground.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after the incident, a 16-year-old was shot and killed by two men in a sedan.<\/p>\n<p>On the same evening, a 2-year-old was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/illinois\/articles\/2022-09-27\/chicago-area-2-year-old-critical-after-shooting-self-in-head\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shot in the chest<\/a> by a random gunman in a gray sedan in South Albany.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the head while walking in the South Commons neighborhood; he is reportedly in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, 49,433 more crimes were reported in Chicago than 35,746 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Lightfoot vowed to tackle the city\u2019s crime rates after she was sworn into office in May 2019, but up to now, she has failed.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago mayor also made a massive U-turn on her proposal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/mayor-lightfoots-budget-proposal-calls-for-cuts-to-police-budget-but-mayor-remains-against-defunding-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cut $59million<\/a> from the Chicago Police Department\u2019s budget amid the defund the police\u2019 protests in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Lori Lightfoot denouncing the \u2018defund the police\u2019 movement, Chicago\u2019s police union has since issued a vote of \u2018no confidence in the Mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed giving herself a 5 percent annual pay increase despite mounting criticisms of soaring violent crime in her city. 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