By Dennis Byrne, includes “… The level of Chicago’s indebtedness can be difficult to contextualize, which is why TIA calculates this number as a Taxpayer Burden™, or the amount of money each city taxpayer would have to contribute to city hall for it to be debt free. … ‘For years we have been highlighting the poor financial condition of Chicago, but elected officials continued their reckless ways,’ says Sheila Weinberg, founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting.”