February 23, 2023
Can Chicago finally turn things around?
By Frank Friday
Next week is the mayoral election in Chicago, and things are actually looking up a bit in my long-ago home town.
Chicago has non-partisan elections for aldermen and mayor — which is good, because there are so many chumbolones: dim-witted Chicagoans who will vote for any Democrat, no matter how bad, like Soros-backed prosecutor Kim Foxx.
The non-partisan races tend to break down by race, among white, black, and Hispanic candidates all scrambling to make the run-off. Last time, two black mayoral contenders made the run-off — the corrupt machine boss, Toni Preckwinkle, and the supposed reformer, Lori Lightfoot. Interestingly, Chicago has seen a steep decline the last 20 years in its black population.
The polls in 2022 showed Lightfoot getting trounced by several contenders and Congressman Chuy Garcia leading. Garcia, though, appears to be the first casualty of the Sam Bankman-Fried scandals. I suppose young Sam figured that if Soros could buy a Chicago prosecutor, he ought to buy a Chicago mayor.
This set the stage for a Lightfoot comeback, but also opened the door for a respected government official and moderate Democrat, Paul Vallas — a man who in the recent past even flirted with the idea of running as a Republican.
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