{"id":9,"date":"2019-10-14T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/?p=9"},"modified":"2019-10-14T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T17:34:37","slug":"mayor-lightfoot-announces-change-initiage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/2019\/10\/14\/mayor-lightfoot-announces-change-initiage\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor lightfoot announces change initiage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lori_Lightfoot_at_MacLean_Center_02_a.png?resize=253%2C259\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10\" width=\"253\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lori_Lightfoot_at_MacLean_Center_02_a.png?w=679 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lori_Lightfoot_at_MacLean_Center_02_a.png?resize=293%2C300 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><figcaption>We need change. YOUR change. Whatcha got in those pockets?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new initiative for\nchange.&nbsp; &#8216;And my change I mean nickles,\ndimes, quarters people. I&#8217;m not kidding. Keep the pennies. We need silver.\nChicago is in trouble.&#8221;&nbsp; The Mayor&#8217;s\nOffice of Budget and Accounting estimated the amount of loose coins in the\ncouch cushions and easy chairs of Chicago would be enough to pay off the police\npension fund, according to Assistant Budget Director Penny Pinchez. &#8221; So\ndig deep.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is the responsibility of every Chicago household to\ncontribute it&#8217;s greasy, forgotten coins tucked dep into the family furniture&#8221;,\nsaid the Mayor. &#8221; For the sake of our city, I urge you to explore the\nwell-word crevices of your shared heirlooms. You might even find that\nremote.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Lightfoot would &nbsp;not comment on a rumored project at the\nUniversity of Illinois the City is underwriting designed to get blood from\nturnips.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new initiative for change.&nbsp; &#8216;And my change I mean nickles, dimes, quarters people. I&#8217;m not kidding. Keep the pennies. We need silver. Chicago is in trouble.&#8221;&nbsp; The Mayor&#8217;s Office of Budget and Accounting estimated the amount of loose coins in the couch cushions and easy chairs of Chicago would be enough to pay off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/editchicago.com\/ThatsChicagoNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}