The forum featured a series of explosive exchanges over taxes, policing and even whether others care about Black people.
Mayoral Candidate Brandon Johnson speaks at a City Club of Chicago event on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 in Chicago.
That proposal is backed by the United Working Families political group that has endorsed Johnson, but he himself has not thrown support behind such a tax. Lightfoot claimed on thethis weekend that Johnson would enact that levy, an indication she is shifting her attacks during the final stretch before Election Night on Johnson, who could peel away support from Black and progressive voters.
While Johnson’s budget plan does not call for a city income tax, he has said he would support a renewed push for a statewide graduated income tax. That proposal, pushed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, failed at the ballot box in 2020. “We can talk about diversity, we want to, but equity requires specificity. And so this administration has not done that,” he said, calling for the elimination of “racist barriers that keep young Black folks” out of the police force, like misdemeanor marijuana charges or a bad credit score.
Ald. Sophia King said she would “lean on” groups like the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement. “It’s a $115,000 per year job. It has benefits, it has insurance... it’s a livable job,” King said, but is unattractive to new recruits because cops have been demoralized. “We can’t continue to do that and expect people to want to come into that profession.
“Ninety-five percent of the monies that we get are going into our school classrooms, and we’re making sure that schools are staying open,” Lightfoot said, noting Johnson and CTU “fought to keep schools closed.”
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