EXPANDED SPORTS COVERAGE SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Monday, March 11, 2019 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com No bail for suspect in cop shooting Accused of firing through her home’s door, The officer, part of the police and activated their vehicle The officer was rushed to Grand Central District lights before announcing them- Stroger Hospital. The bullet frac- wounding officer trying to serve warrant tactical unit, was serving selves and knocking on the door. tured a vertebra and lodged in his Petronella with what Petronella is accused of firing a right shoulder muscle. On Sun- By Elyssa Cherney, Hannah serving a warrant in the Chicago police Superin- shot through the door, striking day, he was recovering in the Leone and William Lee Humboldt Park neigh- tendent Eddie Johnson the officer in the shoulder, as the intensive care unit. Chicago Tribune borhood. described as a “typical” police were using a battering ram Petronella also faces felony Police say Emily search warrant for “nar- to try to gain entry, Ravin said. charges of aggravated assault of a A Cook County judge denied Petronella allegedly shot cotics and illegal weap- Petronella was arrested at the peace officer with a weapon, bail Sunday for a 19-year-old the 34-year-old officer Petronella ons.” scene, where police recovered a armed violence while discharging woman charged with attempted through a back door of a According to prose- loaded 9 mm semi-automatic, a a weapon, aggravated discharge first-degree murder in connec- home in the 2700 block of West cutor Jennifer Ravin, the officers spent cartridge, more than 10,000 of a weapon at a peace officer and tion with the shooting of a Potomac Avenue about 7:20 p.m. arrived in marked vehicles, were grams of cannabis and $950, Chicago police officer who was Saturday. wearing items identifying them as Ravin said. Turn to Shooting, Page 6 “If you’re that upset about it, why don’t you write a letter?” — Lisa Marcum to daughter Marie after a baseball arcade game at Chuck E. Cheese’s jeered that “There’s always softball.” STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER Gov. J.B. Pritzker sees a graduat- ed-income tax plan as a fair way to stabilize state finances. Pritzker tax plan raises doubts Says it would generate $3.4B; some experts skeptical that’s enough By Dan Petrella Chicago Tribune JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS Democrat J.B. Pritzker won a Marie Marcum, 9, listens to an instructor during practice with her travel softball team, the Plainfield Twisters, on Saturday in Joliet. decisive victory in last year’s race for governor after campaigning in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy without revealing any details. A GAME CHANGER Last week, the governor re- leased his proposal: a graduated- After young ballplayer writes to MLB about softball jeer, soundbite is silenced in arcades rate income tax that would raise rates on the wealthiest 3 percent By Kate Thayer What started as a suggestion of Illinoisans while giving a Chicago Tribune from her mom to write a letter small break to anyone earning to Major League Baseball — less than $250,000 a year. hile out with her mom because the game was plastered Pritzker said the plan would and some friends at with MLB logos — has led to the generate $3.4 billion in new W the Naperville Chuck game manufacturer removing revenue to help the state tackle E. Cheese’s, 9-year-old Marie the softball-dissing soundbite its $3.2 billion budget deficit, Marcum, an experienced soft- from arcade games at Chuck E. $8.5 billion backlog of unpaid ball player, decided to show off Cheese’s restaurants across the bills and $134 billion in un- her skills in a baseball throwing country. funded pension liabilities. game. Marie has also received a Tax policy experts inter- Marie, who plays second base massive response from the viewed about the proposal for the Plainfield Twisters travel sports world, both on social praised Pritzker for his efforts to softball team, said she had no media and in real life. Tennis shift the state from the flat-rate trouble hitting the strike zone, champ Billie Jean King tweeted income tax required by the but when one ball bounced off her support. Olympic gold med- Illinois Constitution to a system the game and onto the floor, she al softball player Jennie Finch where higher earners are taxed heard a disturbing taunt from Marie works on her swing during team practice. Chuck E. invited Marie to camp. Her story at higher rates. the machine. Cheese’s has taken steps to rectify the insulting arcade game. caught the attention of the But some questioned whether “Oh well,” it jeered. “There’s Chicago Bandits professional the governor’s plan alone would always softball.” softball team and the Chicago Cubs. Kris Bryant and his wife, generate enough revenue to “I was upset and mad,” said Marie, of Bolingbrook. “If I Jessica Bryant, called Marie, inviting her to tour the clubhouse truly address the state’s myriad brought my little cousin in, it would make her not want to play and to throw out the first pitch at a game this season at Wrigley financial problems while also softball.” Field, said Marie’s mom, Lisa Marcum. The Cubs confirmed the supporting the increased spend- But Marie said she didn’t just want to complain. She wanted ing on education, human serv- to take action. Turn to Softball, Page 6 ices and public safety Pritzker promised during his campaign. “It wouldn’t be enough to do all that,” said Ralph Martire, executive director of the Center 157 die when jet for Tax and Budget Accountabil- ity, a union-backed bipartisan crashes shortly after Trump’s new budget includes research group. Martire said the state needs to look for other takeoff in Ethiopia sources of new revenue, includ- A flight carrying 157 people, $8.6 billion for border wall ing a possible extension of its including eight Americans, sales tax. crashed near Ethiopia’s capital By Lisa Mascaro spending and Two administration officials Pritzker’s decision to cut taxes Sunday. The pilot had sent out a Associated Press making $2.7 confirmed that the border wall — even slightly — for so many distress call, the airline’s CEO trillion in request was part of Trump’s people in a state with chronic said. Nation & World, Page 10 WASHINGTON — President nondefense spending blueprint for the 2020 money problems was another Donald Trump is reviving his cuts. budget year, which begins Oct. 1. source of concern. border wall fight, preparing a Trump’s That document, which sets “It sounds to me a little new budget that will seek $8.6 proposal, ti- the stage for negotiations ahead, cynical to promise a tax cut for Cubs musical poised billion for the U.S-Mexico barri- tled “A proposes increasing defense 97 percent of taxpayers when er while imposing steep spend- Budget for a spending to $750 billion — and the state is in such financial to raise curtain ing cuts to other domestic pro- Trump Better standing up the new Space difficulty,” said Don Fullerton, a grams and setting the stage for America: Force as a military branch — University of Illinois finance at Royal George another fiscal battle. Promises Kept. Taxpayers First” while reducing nondefense ac- professor and senior scholar at “Miracle: A Musical 108 Years in Budget documents are often and set for release Monday, counts by 5 percent, with cuts the university’s Institute of Gov- the Making” will open this seen as just a starting point of “embodies fiscal responsibility,” recommended to safety net pro- ernment and Public Affairs. spring at Royal George Theatre. negotiation, but fresh off the said Russ Vought, the acting grams used by many Americans. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to The musical, linked to the 2016 longest government shutdown director of the Office of Man- The plan sticks to budget caps the Hyatt hotel fortune, has baseball season, is about the in history, Trump’s 2020 pro- agement and Budget. that both parties have routinely pitched his proposal as a fair way fans, not the team. “This is a posal shows he is eager to Vought said the administra- broken in recent years and to stabilize the state’s finances. show for people who love the confront Congress again to re- tion has “prioritized reining in promises to come into balance “The state’s been operating theater and people who love the duce domestic spending and reckless Washington spending” in 15 years, relying in part on with a multibillion-dollar struc- Cubs,” said William Marovitz, refocus money on his priorities. and shows “we can return to the show’s lead producer. A+E It calls for boosting defense fiscal sanity.” Turn to Trump, Page 12 Turn to Income tax, Page 9 Chicago Weather Center: Complete Tom Skilling’s forecast High 43 Low 25 $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere forecast on back page of A+E section 171st year No. 70 © Chicago Tribune 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Monday, March 11, 2019 ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle meet for a debate Thursday ahead of the April 2 runoff. Historic mayoral race stuck in ugly politics as usual which she should feel ashamed. Her Some might say it is sexist, maybe THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS: put-down of any financial wealth even racist, to expect black women to Lightfoot may have obtained through campaign differently than men. Some ‘A DECADE-BY-DECADE HISTORY’ her hard work as a successful corpo- might even argue that being nasty rate attorney is disheartening.