Budget Hearings - Day 1 - Monday, October 15, 2007

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City Budget Director Bennett J. Johnson's Opening Statement (Below) (17 min 39 sec)

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City Revenue Director Bea Reyna-Hickey's Opening Statement (Below) (10 min 52 sec)

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City Comptroller Steve Lux's Opening Statement (Below) (5 min 36 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 44th Ward Alderman Thomas Tunney (9 min 2 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 43rd Ward Alderman Vi Daley (7 min 25 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 31st Ward Alderman Ray Suarez (11 min 46 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 6th Ward Alderman Freddrenna Lyle (9 min 55 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 50th Ward Alderman Bernard Stone (12 min 38 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 33rd Ward Alderman Richard Mell (5 min 29 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 23rd Ward Alderman Michael Zalewski (2 min 16 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 29th Ward Alderman Isaac Carothers (12 min 02 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale (10 min 40 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 45th Ward Alderman Patrick Levar (3 min 2 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 22nd Ward Alderman Ricardo Munoz (10 min 42 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O'Connor (9 min 34 sec)

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Point of Clarification from 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale (28 seconds)

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Round 1 Questions from 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore (10 min 33 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett (13 min 37 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 28th Ward Alderman Ed Smith (4 min 30 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 39th Ward Alderman Margaret Laurino (7 min 55 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 46th Ward Alderman Helen Shiller (12 min 16 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 17th Ward Alderman Latasha Thomas (10 min 45 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 37th Ward Alderman Emma Mitts (10 min 54 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 30th Ward Alderman Ariel Reboyras (8 min 33 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack (4 min 6 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 24th Ward Alderman Sharon Dixon (4 min 59 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell (8 min 36 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 5th Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston (11 min 9 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 20th Ward Alderman Willie Cochran (8 min 38 sec)

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Round 1 Questions from 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas (10 min 52 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 6th Ward Alderman Freddrenna Lyle (5 min 21 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 50th Ward Alderman Bernard Stone (5 min 33 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 29th Ward Alderman Isaac Carothers (7 min 55 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 45th Ward Alderman Patrick Levar (7 min 10 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale (7 min 22 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett (7 min 3 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 46th Ward Alderman Helen Shiller (9 min 51 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 17th Ward Alderman Latasha Thomas (1 min 54 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas (5 min 12 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 5th Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston (5 min 32 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell (38 seconds)

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Round 2 Questions from 24th Ward Alderman Denise Dixon and Point of Clarification from 46th Ward Alderman Helen Shiller (4 min 54 sec)

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Extra Questions from 46th Ward Alderman Helen Shiller (3 min 48 sec)

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Round 2 Questions from 19th Ward Alderman Virginia Rugai (4 min 5 sec)

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Comments

[Hugh]

Freshman Alderman Sharon Denise Dixon (24th) in her 2nd round question identified a major revenue leak in her west-side ward: the City sells land to churches for a dollar, then the churches don’t do anything with it! She’d like to get the property tax base working for us, but the City has sold all the undeveloped land in her ward to churches. Can’t something be done, she asks?

Seems like a hard way to cover a $300M shortfall, for next year, forcing pastors to build condos on their former city lots.