* Tomorrow is a state holiday and this little website observers all state holidays except when they conflict with session days. So, unless something really big breaks, I’ll talk with you Wednesday…
Susana Mendoza released a new ad that highlights her successful record of taking on Gov. Bruce Rauner to save taxpayers billions and help individuals hurt by Rauner’s two-year budget impasse. The ad underscores that Mendoza is bringing that same energy and determination to transform Chicago’s schools and make its streets safe.
She is described as an agent of change, creating a more transparent government.
A champion for those who couldn’t advocate for themselves.
Susana Mendoza, a tough as nails fighting mom, who took on Bruce Rauner to save taxpayers billions.
A financial expert who knows how to balance budgets.
Mendoza is running for mayor with a bold plan to transform schools and make our city safe.
Read her plan at susanamendoza.com.
Polling shows her falling behind. I don’t think that soccer ad did her a bit of good. Chicagoans appear to be looking for a strong leader. This spot may help her tap into the sentiment.
With highly selective editing, Preckwinkle’s ad uses video clips from a speech Mendoza gave on the Illinois House floor in 2011 in which she declares opposition to the death penalty to leave the impression that she actually remained an enthusiastic supporter of it.
While it is true that a decade earlier Mendoza backed an expansion of the death penalty, the speech from which the clips are taken made an entirely different point. She had changed her mind and wanted to end capital punishment in Illinois because the state had sentenced too many people to death row that later had been found innocent. Indeed, Mendoza then voted for a measure that abolished the death penalty.
None of that footage or context was used in the ad, which grossly misrepresents Mendoza’s position. We rate it Pants on Fire!
