By Fran Spielman, includes “Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $16.7 billion budget sailed through the City Council by a vote of 35 to 15, thanks to an avalanche of federal relief funds helping support an unprecedented 30% increase in city spending. … Mayor Lori Lightfoot likes to celebrate her budget victories with a steak, a Scotch and a cigar. After Wednesday’s City Council vote culminating the most tranquil budget season in recent memory, she might want to add dessert to the menu.”