(The Center Square) – The mayor of Chicago has expressed his opposition to an alternative budget proposal from the city council.

Aldermen offered a plan Wednesday to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax proposal with several efficiency measures, taxes on some liquor sales and rideshares, video gaming revenue and higher garbage collection fees for some residents.

Johnson said the plan would nearly double garbage fees.

“I don’t support a budget that places such an incredible burden on working people,” the mayor said Wednesday.

Johnson said he remained committed to negotiation but would hold to his values. Earlier in the week, the mayor revised his corporate head tax to impact businesses with more than 500 employees instead of those with more than 100. He also raised the mon

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