Mayor Lightfoot's campaign responds to criticism after they tried recruiting CPS students to help with her reelection in exchange for class credit
It goes on to say that they're looking for "enthusiastic, curious and hard-working young people eager to help Mayor Lightfoot win this spring."Backlash to the move has been swift.
Lightfoot's team is now calling this a "common practice" and learning opportunity that's been offered by campaigns for decades. However, their statement also says that "campaign staff have been reminded about the solid wall that must exist between campaign and official activities. And that contacts with any city of Chicago, or other sister agency employees, including CPS employees, even through publicly available sources is off limits."
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