City running out of funds for snow removal :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State: "Unlike many suburbs, Chicago still has 200,000 tons of salt to drop on snow and ice-covered streets. But, there’s a problem. City Hall is running out of money."

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Here's something else Chicago has: an army of overpaid, underworked, and perpetually surly municipal employees who do next to nothing, and another army of politically-connected contractors who are bilking the taxpayers out of millions. That might have something to do with the situation. There are so many corruption scandals going on from Chicago to Cook County to Springfield that it has left the public numb to it.