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Thursday, Feb 9, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller * A few quick observations about this: Lightfoot is an embattled, unpopular incumbent, so she needs to spend a ton of cash. Vallas is a surging challenger and he has the dollar momentum as well; Wilson’s ads are subpar at best and, in three elections (2015 and 2019 mayor and 2020 US Senate), he has never received more than 11 percent citywide, so I’m not even sure what he’s doing; Brandon Johnson is about to up his buy to take him to the finish line. Garcia is once again struggling to raise money and his ads aren’t the greatest…
Latest new cable TV buys…
King: $38,466 Garcia: $21,826 Lightfoot: $5,689 Green: $2,920 * I’ve been thinking lately that Chuy has been running Pat Quinn’s “You know who I am” campaign and this just confirms it. /s…
But Quinn did choose Vallas as his running mate during the ultimately disastrous 2014 campaign, so it’s news…
Most people despise Congress, but Chuy has been playing up his role in that tainted body. And most don’t love Springfield, either. I do not understand this campaign. * I understand this doubling down even less…
* Speaking of fruitless, Mayor Lightfoot’s YouTube video on Paul Vallas has garnered just 116 views in 22 hours… * As we discussed the other day, a poll taken in late January and early February found that the Chicago Teachers Union had a 57% favorable rating from likely Chicago voters and a 40 percent unfavorable rating. Only Gov. JB Pritzker had a more favorable rating among people and groups tested (65-33). The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police’s rating came in at 35 percent favorable and 55 percent unfavorable. And Darren Bailey received 15.5 percent of the Chicago vote last year. With all that in mind, here’s Eric Zorn…
* In the grand scheme of things, DoorDash is a relatively small player, contributing about $100K since mid-November…
But every little bit helps. * Shenanigans…
…Adding… Forgot to post this…
* Isabel’s roundup…
* Tribune | Paul Vallas campaign defends his son, 1 of 3 police officers who fatally shot a man in Texas last year: Vallas often talks about his son, San Antonio cop Gus Vallas, on the campaign trail, noting that they are a family of public servants with close ties to police. But the family relation arose in a starker context after the Triibe, a news site focused on Black Chicago, published a story about Gus Vallas’ role in a 2022 incident where three San Antonio police officers shot and killed a Black man who police said was wanted on felony warrants. * Tribune | CPS teachers: Student and family needs are the backbone of Chicago educators’ fight: Matt Paprocki, president of the IPI, asserts that CTU leadership cares only about politics and not students. He has conveniently divorced the union’s politics from the needs of our students and school communities. But in reality, they are the same. Our so-called “political positions” and “aggressive” bargaining positions are driven by what we know our students, their families and our staff need to be successful. * Bloomberg | Chicago’s Population Shift Puts Latinos at Heart of Mayoral Race: Hispanics surpassed Chicago’s Black population in 2020. * Chalkbeat | Mayoral hopeful Brandon Johnson promises students free transit, more staff: Johnson, a current Cook County commissioner, unveiled his vision for Chicago Public Schools Wednesday afternoon at a City Club of Chicago luncheon. His plan includes free bus and train rides for students on the Chicago Transit Authority, expanding opportunities for students through partnerships with City Colleges and trade schools, and having under-enrolled schools share space with child care and health clinics. * Tribune | Want to vote early in Chicago? Here’s how and where to cast your ballot before Feb. 28.: Voters across Chicago will be making their picks for mayor, alderman, city treasurer, clerk and, for the first time, representatives on police district councils. Some voters also will be asked local referendum questions. * Sun-Times | Watch: Sun-Times, WBEZ and U Chicago host Chicago mayoral forum: Watch the second of two mayoral forums hosted by the Sun-Times, WBEZ and University of Chicago, featuring mayoral candidates Roderick Sawyer and Ja’Mal Green. [Headline explained here.]
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Thursday, Feb 9, 2023 - Posted by Isabel Miller * Follow along with ScribbleLive…
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