{"id":2016012,"date":"2023-08-29T19:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-continues-to-teeter-on-the-brink\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T19:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:26:50","slug":"chicago-continues-to-teeter-on-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-continues-to-teeter-on-the-brink\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago remains on the edge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/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-continues-to-teeter-on-the-brink%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=2016012&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--><h2>I\u2062 have \u2064always had a love-hate relationship with my hometown \u2064of Chicago.<\/h2>\n<p>It is a beautiful city, blessed with amazing\u200b beaches along\u200c the lake, a skyline\u200d that rivals \u200bany in the world, and\u200d neighborhoods that \u200callow you to travel the world, without leaving the\u200b city limits. However, it is a deeply blue city, characterized by out-of-control crime, run by corrupt,\u200c incompetent politicians who are more concerned with their \u200dgrift and next re-election than they are with their constituents.<\/p>\n<h3>Chicagoans were hopeful when Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u200c failed to \u200dearn a spot\u2063 in the runoff election.<\/h3>\n<p>People expected\u200d Paul \u2062Vallas, \u2063a liberal, but not a crazy \u2064person,\u2063 to destroy his competitor, \u2064Brandon Johnson. But it was not to be. Johnson had a fantastic ground game that propelled him to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/live-updates\/inauguration-day-mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mayor\u2019s<\/a> office, a position he assumed\u200d on May\u2063 15, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Crime rates have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/crime-spikes-38-in-chicago-during-brandon-johnsons-first-month-in-office\">exploded<\/a> since \u200dhis election, increasing\u2062 38% in June, the month after his inauguration. Robberies are up 17% compared to this time \u200clast year and are up\u200b 30% in\u2063 the last three years, \u200caccording to police \u200bdata.<\/p>\n<p>Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/crime-spikes-38-in-chicago-during-brandon-johnsons-first-month-in-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>, \u201cvehicle thefts\u2064 spiked by 153%, aggravated battery is up 17%, burglary\u2064 jumped by 12%, and\u2062 even shootings rose 5%. A few weeks ago, carjackings\u200b got\u2062 so bad the Chicago\u2062 Police \u2062Department had \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/nearly-4-dozen-armed-carjackings-robberies-across-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issue<\/a> \u200ca \u2018community alert \u200curging residents to be more \u2063vigilant\u2062 about their surroundings and to always be on the\u2064 lookout for suspicious activity when entering or leaving vehicles.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lone exception to this pattern \u2063is murders, which went down\u200d by 5%. In raw numbers, it means there were only three fewer people killed,\u201d the Examiner continued.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago continues to \u200csee gun related violence rage out of control,\u2064 despite the\u200d city and\u2063 state\u200c having some \u200bof the toughest gun laws in the \u200dnation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/chicago-weekend-shootings-violence-auburn-gresham-fatal-man-killed\/13678978\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forty people<\/a> were shot over the \u200bweekend ending Sunday, August 20, seven fatally. The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chicago-democrat-asks-gang-members-to-limit-shootings-to-nighttime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weekend before<\/a>, 23 people \u2062were shot,\u2062 four fatally.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson \u2062campaigned calling for \u201chealth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/chicago-mayor-elect-brandon-johnson-social-workers-crime-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professionals,<\/a> \u200d not police \u200dto respond to crisis calls.\u201d He was the only candidate for mayor who did not back filling the city\u2019s \u200dmore than 1,500 police vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>Things are so bad in my hometown of Chicago that police \u2063and politicians have stopped trying \u2063to combat crime and\u200c are now asking criminals\u200c to commit their crimes at more convenient times. They\u200d have given up, like when Homer Simpson \u200bstopped wearing pants in favor of a Muumuu.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic \u2064alderwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/chicago-community-group-asks-gang-members-to-kindly-quit-shooting-each-other-between-9am-and-9pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maria Hadden<\/a> \u2062is calling for gang members to not shoot people between the hours of 9:00 \u200cAM and 9:00 PM. The proposal \u2064\u2014 \u200dcalled \u201cThe People\u2019s Ordinance\u201d \u2064\u2014\u2062 encourages gangs to conduct their shootouts during the \u200chours when children and innocent bystanders are less likely to be caught in\u200c the crossfire.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should only \u200callow \u2062home \u200binvasions\u200d between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, when no one is home. Carjackings should be restricted to rush hour,\u2064 when everyone\u200b is driving slowly, for everyone\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>In his\u2062 latest miserable attempt to deflect\u2064 any responsibility for crime\u200d in my hometown, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sues-automakers-car-theft-crisis-gets-worse\">mayor<\/a> is\u200b now suing car \u200bmakers, not for failure to meet emissions standards, not for failing to meet safety standards, \u200bbut\u2062 for being too easy to steal.<\/p>\n<p>His office announced \u200dthat the city filed a lawsuit against automakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sues-automakers-car-theft-crisis-gets-worse\">Kia \u200band Hyundai<\/a>, alleging that\u200b they\u2064 failed to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-continues-to-teeter-on-the-brink\/\" title=\"Chicago remains on the edge.\">include \u201cindustry standard engine immobilizers<\/a>,\u201d which resulted in a \u201csteep \u200drise\u201d in crime.<\/p>\n<p>So, we are blaming the automakers \u2062for crime? Are the manufacturers of locks responsible for \u200dhome \u2062invasions? Using \u2064the mayor\u2019s logic, they must be. And women must be responsible for sexual assaults, using the same thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s stop blaming everyone except for the criminals. Let\u2019s empower the \u200dpolice \u2062to find\u2064 these animals, \u2062arrest them, and keep \u200dthem in\u200d jail.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago deserves better. It\u200d is time for a change. I no longer \u200bwant to live in a dystopian nightmare.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Jim Nelles is \u200ba Navy veteran and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-cant-go-green-without-nuclear-energy\/\" title=\"Why We Can\u2019t Go Green Without Nuclear Energy\">supply chain consultant based<\/a> in Chicago. His articles have appeared in the Washington \u200dExaminer, Newsweek, Foxnews.com, and the Daily Wire. He has served \u2063as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crossings-are-at-an-all-time-high-the-homeland-security-department-is-prioritizing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion\/\" title=\"Border Crossings Are at an All-Time High. The Homeland Security Department Is Prioritizing \u2018Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.\u2019\">chief procurement officer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/housing-market-stalls-as-interest-rates-remain-high-inventory-falls\/\" title=\"High interest rates and low inventory cause housing market to stall.\">chief supply chain officer<\/a>, and\u200d chief operations officer for multiple companies.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>The views expressed in this piece \u2062are those of \u2063the author \u200cand do not necessarily represent those of \u2064The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a complex bond with my hometown, Chicago. It boasts stunning beaches, a world-class skyline, and diverse neighborhoods that offer a global experience. 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