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Title Fight in Chicago Mayor’s Race
On the eve of Election Tuesday, the Windy City braces for the heavyweight ideological bout of the decade.
“Vote like the life of Chicago depends on it — because it does,” cautioned Steve Huntley for John Kass News on March 31, 2023.
“In one corner is Paul Vallas, a proven reformer, the grandson of Greek immigrants with law enforcement officers in the family, and a thinker/planner/manager with a concrete plan to not just rebuild the ranks of the Chicago Police Department but the reinvigorate its morale with a pledge to have the back of the cop on the beat,” wrote Mr. Huntley.
“In the other corner is Brandon Johnson, a progressive who can’t run away from his defund-the-police advocacy,” Huntley continued. “He’s a functionary of the Chicago Teachers Union who would promote the metastasis of malignant union power throughout city government, dooming hopes for a revival of Chicago as a vibrant, safe metropolis.”
The very column itself, as well as the bespoke news outlet that published it, are both testaments to how much things have changed in Chicago since the old golden days of 2019.
Back in 2019, longtime columnist John Kass was a card-carrying senior staff member in the upper echelons of the Chicago Tribune and a proud supporter of then-candidate Lori Lightfoot for Mayor.