Tom Dart's Really Quite Smart

The name of Cook County Sheriff's Tom Dart His staffers grin that he's really quite smart -- When it comes to his budget He can't find ways to cut it -- 'Cos 'bout taxpayers Tom could give a fart Every word in the first stanza is true Would I lie to astute readers like you -- When his boss says to spend less Tom plays political chess -- Pay raises for his whole bureaucrat queue Note: Cook County Illinois is a governmental unit which includes Chicago and many of its suburbs. Its total population is 5.18 million (2018 figure). Dart's boss, Toni Preckwinkle, has asked her commis- sioners to cut their budgets 10-15% this year. All have complied -- except Tom Dart who actually wants to increase spending!