Mayor Michelle Wu can cut down a Christmas tree but can’t cut her own budget.

Now she expects state lawmakers to broom through her controversial plan to raise commercial tax rates to avoid a huge residential tax hike?

Wu, whose salary will soar to $250,000 next year, clearly has been emboldened by her uncontested re-election victory last month, and signs are starting to emerge about what her second four-year term will look like.

It’s not good for hard-working Boston taxpayers. Tax more and spend more. If you’re expecting anything different, it’s not going to happen.

The least transparent mayor in recent history held an “embargoed” press conference (how is that even possible?) to claim she’ll have to raise property taxes on homeowners a whopping 13% – an average of $780 a year – unless

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