The race for Chicago mayor is heating up.
Both Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson are busy trying to win over voters as they will meet head-to-head for another debate Tuesday evening.SEE ALSO |Both candidates said they would financially support behind a city environmental department.
Vallas vowed to bring "environmental justice" to every community while Johnson said city communities have been seen as dumping grounds for waste."Bring justice, bring environmental justice, whether it's air, whether it's water, whether it's nutrition to every community, that will be my pledge," Vallas said.
"For too long, our communities have been seen as dumping grounds for waste and materials that no one else seems to know what to do with," Johnson said.Earlier on Monday, Johnson spoke at the City Club and defended his plan to raise taxes on corporations to close the city's structural budget deficit. Vallas touted his support from the many labor unions and blasted Johnson's ties to the Chicago Teachers Union.
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