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Originally Posted by moorhosj1
This is my entire point. He is doing pretty much the exact same things as Rahm and Daley, but for some reason we hear over and over again about how great those Mayors were for the city. I don't think any of them were/are particularly good.
Rahm is a master of self-marketing. If the Quantum Campus or 1901 Project were announced during his tenure, you better believe he would have been first in line to pat himself on the back for making it possible. Johnson and his admin are too inept to even communicate the wins they do have. I'm not saying he made those things happen (he didn't), but that wouldn't have stopped Rahm from taking credit.
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I haven't followed the 1901 project, but the Quantum project is the brainchild of Pritzker - NOT Johnson. He can swoop in and attend ribbon cuttings, agreements being signed, etc, but it was Pritzker that has done a bunch of heavy lifting to:
1 - Get investors to agree to invest into an actual facility on the South Works site
2 - Get money into the state budget to support all of this.
This is the difference between Johnson and folks like Rahm/Pritzker. Yes, they engaged in dumb practices that are essentially also kicking the can down the road, but at least they know how to attract investment, give the city good press, and elevate our image.
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