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Originally Posted by blazingfire

Kam Buckner should have been the guy progressives/CTU rallied around, not Johnson. I don't hate Johnson, he's a great public speaker and seems far more likable than Lightfoot (low bar), but like everybody else is saying, his policies (if implemented) would absolutely wreck the city. There's a reason all the businesses and safety organizations are rallying behind Vallas. His tax increases thinking that will have positive results is delusional. Same with him defunding the police (he said he didn't mean that, bullshit, he's 100% a police defunder/aboltionist).

The perfect candidate would have Vallas views on crime/public safety and Buckner views on everything else. Buckner was far pragmatic in his approach to things. Instead of wanting to tax the shit out of everybody like Johnson, he said we can't tax our way out of problems and the only way to solve this is to increase Chicago's tax payer base, which I ONE HUNDRED PERCENT agree with! We need to make Chicago an attractive place to live! More people living here = more tax dollars. He said 3 million Chicagoans by 2030, which is feasible if the city has the right leadership to steer the city in a positive direction.

Lower crime, clean up the neighborhoods on the south/west sides, lower/keep the line on taxes (NO RAISING TAXES, we are already one of the most taxed municipalities in the country), clean up CTA, clean up CPS, etc. Do this, and aside from the harsh weather, people should be moving here in no time.

Everything you said is so dead-on; agree 1,000%