Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson received an endorsement from Martin Luther King III on Friday and addressed a recent report that said he owed the city thousands of dollars in overdue bills.
"We were on a payment plan," Johnson said. "We'll finish paying it off before the end of the day, and I've managed multi-billion dollar budgets. In fact, I put forth the budget plan with a payment plan to take care of the structural deficit that my opponent caused. If anything, I'm actually pretty good at coming up with a payment plan.
Meanwhile, Johnson's opponent Paul Vallas was endorsed by Black Men United, a group that works to help end the social and economic disadvantages that face the Black community.SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 32 ON YOUTUBE"Not only are we here to send relief efforts too Mississippi but we're also here to support Paul Vallas and here's why: Hurricane Katrina, Paul Vallas was there. In the crisis in Haiti, Paul Vallas was there.
As we go into the last weekend before election day, the early vote total stands at 115,428 ballots cast. The Board of Elections said it has received a total of 51,818 votes by mail ballots, making a total of 167,246 ballots cast so far for the
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