Here is the Tribune Editorial Board’s fourth installment of endorsements in contested races for aldermanic seats in Chicago’s Feb. 28 municipal election.
Ald. Michael Rodriguez, 22nd, at a Chicago City Council meeting, May 25, 2022.
Unfortunately, police leadership and City Hall have been “embarrassingly far behind in enacting all the required reforms and continue to have issues engaging the community as a result,” Rodriguez tells us. “Without better community relationships and increased accountability, we will not have better streets.”We couldn’t agree more, and the death of Tyre Nichols, who was brutally beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop Jan.
, who faces trial on corruption charges. Guillen has linkage to Madigan, which explains why Garcia’s campaign was so rankled by the flyers.He worked for Madigan’s 13th Ward Democratic organization, She also was right in voting against Mayor Lori Lighftoot’s automatic, inflation-linked property tax hikes. “We are relying on single-family homeowners to keep our city running and pricing them out of their homes as we’re doing it,” she told us. “It is unfair and needs to stop.” Tabares is endorsed.Incumbent Ald. Monique Scott has seen firsthand the traction that violence prevention and street outreach programs have in her ward, which includes the North Lawndale neighborhood.
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