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Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan : Bring it on.

Speaking at a City Hall news conference, the mayor castigated the slim City Council majority and said that if those 26 aldermen are so confident in their counterproposal to his $16.6 billion spending plan for next year, then prove it.

“Well, we don’t know that they have 26 votes, because nothing’s been voted on,” Johnson told reporters. “So I’m saying put it on the board. Let’s see. Do people actually want to vote on doubling the garbage fees? They should present that. If City Council members want to double the garbage fees in Englewood, Roseland, Austin, then they should put it on the board

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