[Klippenstein]

I’m not sure why anybody would think that Vallas would be more successful than Lightfoot. With his political leanings, it seems he might be even worse at forming a functional city government. I’d much rather have Buckner, but it seems to me that the framing of Lightfoot’s leadership is similar to the framing of Chicago in the news. Rahm made many enemies in his time as well and many people on this forum seem to love him. Lightfoot has compromised many times to move things forward. I’m glad she’s not a shoe in, but it seems a better opportunity to push her to actually follow through on her lacking commitments and to reassess some things like CTA leadership. I hate to be advocating for Lightfoot, but I think she is carrying on Rahm’s legacy better than Vallas will. Just because Vallas is going to “clean house” at the CTA and CPD doesn’t in the slightest guarantee we’ll be in any better position than before.