Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million recommendation for 2025 that was unanimously struck down by the City Council last week.

Following last week's sound rejection of his $300M property tax hike proposal, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused some alders of "having tantrums" as the calendar ticks toward the end of the year deadline.

For all those reasons, political analysts say Johnson is at a fork in the road 18 months into office. Analysts say navigating that fork in the road requires a reset of how Johnson