Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson kicked out residents from the public city council meeting after they trashed him for spending too much money on illegal aliens and not doing enough to protect them.

It happened at the meeting where the city council passed Johnson’s budget. It didn’t include the $300 million proposed property tax.

But the budget didn’t do much else, including $165 million in taxes, fines, and fees.

A few aldermen expressed common sense when they noted that the plan “will necessitate even bigger tax hikes to account for even bigger deficits in the future.” I cannot believe it:

Those who remained in the “no” camp felt the reliance on fees and fines penalizes Chicago working families.

*Most of this budget is really being balanced with extra fees and taxes, and being balanced on the back of working families—and I don’t think that’s right,” Ald. Bill Conway (34th) said after the budget was passed...