Chicago City Government:Run Deficit and Hire More Police

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

An influential alderman demanded Wednesday that Mayor Daley hire at least 100 new police officers and bolster sanitation services to justify a $193 million tax wallop.

To soften the blow of higher taxes, Daley is planning to hire 50 more police officers at a cost of $4.1 million and spend $1 million to install 100 more surveillance cameras in high-crime areas.

How do you like that Chicago math? Increase spending on police when you are running a deficit.Remember,Chicago's lost around 60,000 people since 2000 according to census estimates.