Twenty-seven of the City Council’s 50 members, including the Black Caucus chair and several members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership team, are declaring their opposition to his proposed, $21-a-month-per-employee head tax and urging Johnson to find a $100 million-a-year replacement.

Finance Committee Chair Pat Dowell (3 rd ), Rules Chair Michelle Harris (8 th ), Transportation Chair Greg Mitchell (7 th ) and Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Coleman (16 th ) are among those who signed the letter in an apparent attempt to kill one the most controversial elements of Johnson’s $600 million plan to, as he put it, “challenge the ultra-rich” and corporations to “pay their fair share.”

“We are gravely concerned that reinstating the head tax would discourage hiring, push employers outside city li

See Full Page