In his annual budget address on October 21, 2009, Daley projected a deficit for 2009 of more than $ 520 million. (en.wikipedia.org)
[187] In his annual budget address on October 13, 2010, Daley projected a deficit for 2010 of $ 655 million, the largest in city history. (en.wikipedia.org)
In his annual budget address in City Council Chambers on October 15, 2008, Daley proposed a 2009 budget totaling $ 5.97 billion, including not filling 1,350 vacancies on the 38,000 employee city payroll and $ 150 million in new revenue from a then - obscure parking meter lease deal to help erase a $ 469 million budget shortfall. (en.wikipedia.org)