A majority of aldermen signed onto a letter Thursday objecting to reinstating Chicago’s head tax and other components of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget plan.

The 27 aldermen said they were “gravely concerned” about what Johnson’s pitch for a monthly $21-per-employee tax on larger companies would do for job growth and companies leaving Chicago. The city’s old head tax, phased out in 2014, was cast as the next frontier in the mayor’s largely-stalled tax-the-rich agenda, as he seeks to plug a $1.19 billion deficit in next year’s budget.

“We ask your administration to model alternative budget scenarios that exclude this jobs tax,” the letter says.

Other demands the aldermen laid out include asking the Johnson administration to look at more cuts, as identified by Ernst & Young aft

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