Chicago mayor’s race shows impact of crime in COVID’s wake
Associated PressCHICAGO — Four years ago, Paul Vallas finished toward the bottom of the pack in a crowded race for Chicago mayor. In the April runoff, Vallas will face Brandon Johnson, a progressive who is backed by the Chicago Teachers Union and says more money for police and incarceration isn’t the answer to making the streets safer. “I think that is important, for Democrats to make clear that you can be a progressive Democrat and make crime and public safety a top priority,” Trippi said, noting that other goals can’t be achieved if people don’t feel safe. Speaking to supporters Tuesday, he recalled teaching at a school in Chicago’s Cabrini Green, a former downtown public housing complex where students could see through their windows one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, and having a student tell him he “should be teaching at a good school” instead. Vallas has dismissed criticism that he is too close to the police union and its controversial leader, who equated Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate for city workers to the Holocaust and voiced support for Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
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