As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to give his budget address Thursday, one idea should get tossed aside: eliminating Chicago’s mounted police unit.

We make this argument with the full knowledge that Johnson must close a projected $1.15 billion deficit. And we’ve said many times that Chicago’s fiscal woes stem less from a lack of revenue than from a chronic inability to control spending.

But Chicagoans tell us they want to see investments in public safety. A little goodwill doesn’t hurt, either, and that’s one of the main functions of the mounted police.

In August, Johnson’s Chicago Financial Future Task Force recommended disbanding the mounted police unit and selling off the horses.

That’s a bad idea, and we doubt it’d gain support in the City Council. We’re not sure if it’ll fin

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