Worse than fiddling while your city burns, Chicago's mayor has decided it would be a good idea to increase her own salary while her city's crime rate is reaching to the moon.
Lori Lightfoot literally has no sense of irony as she prepares to give herself a raise while her city burns down. You know, because she's done such a good job.
From The Blaze:
On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) introduced an ordinance that would give the mayor's office an annual inflation raise capped at 5%, Fox News Digital reported.
The proposed ordinance would authorize Lightfoot to increase her salary every year by up to 5% with a stipulation that allows her to opt out of the raise.
Currently, Lightfoot's annual salary is $209,915, which would grow to $216,210 as of May 23, 2023.
This has got to be the only job in the world where you can fail so spectacularly at your job and grant yourself a raise.
How bad are things in Chiraq?
The city has experienced a 37% increase in violent crime compared to 2021, Fox News reported.
Compared to the same period last year, motor vehicle thefts are up 83%, theft is up 60%, burglary is up 21%, and robbery is up 17%, according to statistics collected by the Chicago Police Department.
Stats on reported sexual assaults from this year remain comparable to last year. However, sexual assaults were up 25% in 2021 compared to 2020.
The Chicago Police Department reported that murder is down 17% compared to last year.
Literally, every crime is up except murder. But the murder rate is still INSANE! 50 shootings were committed this past weekend! Not much of an improvement there.
Her city is becoming an actual war zone.
Lightfoot attempted to defend her annual pay raise by explaining that the increase would be comparable to Chicago aldermen.
"To be clear, the ordinance that was introduced today would put the mayor, the city treasurer and the clerk in line with [aldermen] regarding a cost-of-living increase," Lightfoot said. "It's not a salary increase."
The mayor currently makes substantially more than the highest-paid city alderman, who will be paid a $142,780 salary next year, according to KATV. Aldermen are already mandated to receive a yearly consumer price index pay increase.
How about a different salary condition?
What if for every murder committed under your watch your pay drops by 5%?
Maybe if this was the case these lefty mayors would consider doing something to stop the rampant crime in their cities.
