Chicago Mayoral Debate.
Results……
Good moments for all. No real standouts. Sounding and looking more mayoral. King, Sawyer and Vallas.
Lightfoot sometimes good but defensive. Not much about the new.
Buckner state props but seemed less convincing.
Green sounded like the real progressive.
Garcia and Johnson sounded meh. Johnson heckled by crowd.
Wilson is no dummy but sometimes whoa.
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Building Trust.
Moderator’s veiled shot at Lightfoot on campaigns.
Candidates mostly platitudes.
Wilson says I won’t take raises and politicians.
Vallas institutionalize transparency. Consolidate IGs offices with subpoena power.
Lightfoot ended aldermanic prerogative. Hits Garcia and Vallas.
Sawyer lead by example. Do the work. I won’t make false commitments.
Garcia product of Washington movement.
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What have you negotiated.
Garcia and Sawyer community agreements.
Wilson always been a success
Lightfoot budgets, union contracts.
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What have you negotiated?
Johnson I negotiated with siblings but I want to be collaborative. Johnson didn’t say much.
King says minimum wage ordinance city developments.
Vallas says numerous collective bargaining agreements.
Buckner state legislation.
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Vallas says push the money to local schools, universal work study, open schools all hours, bring back students through alternative schools.
King expand selective enrollment with neighborhood component.
Green says universal pre-k. Pilot first. Move from enrollment based funding to need based funding
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90k have left CPS. Still more money what will we do to increase enrollmentz
Buckner says vocational education.
Johnson invest in schools.
Lightfoot says Johnson was unfairly interrupted by crowd.
Garcia says increase funding.
Lightfoot touts existing programs both before during and aftee school.
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Wilson says hunt criminals like rabbits and violent criminals put themselves in that position.
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Lightfoot backs Green against Wilson. Lightfoot says encrypted channels protect police.
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Garcia says eliminate city wide patrols and have civilians do admin work. Prioritize violent crime.
Vallas says new leadership, community policing, hire retired police. Create police reserve. Eliminate CTA private police.
Green Wilson is a sharecropper and out of touch. Wilson says he doesn’t respond to kids.
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