With little more than a month until the mayoral election, this was the time for each candidate to show Chicago voters why they deserve the city's top job.
Mayor Lightfoot was not the only target of such criticism. Rep. Garcia's record in Washington also came up.
Lightfoot said her administration had made tremendous progress in fighting crime – while acknowledging there is work to be done. Vallas said the CTA has failed across the board when it comes to everything from access to hygiene. He also emphasized that ridership per day is down about half a million. Specifically addressed was a plan to house migrants at the old Wadsworth Elementary School in Woodlawn – which, and which has drawn consternation from some neighbors who say they were not consulted in the process before the plan was called a done deal.
"Part of the problem in Chicago has been that local communities have not been engaged, and that will always cause friction," Garcia said."I vow to continue working to reimburse municipalities across the country that are receiving these migrants." Lightfoot fired back:"I think I just heard Paul Vallas say that we should not call out racist, xenophobic practices of governors like Greg Abbott, who are treating migrants like freight. That may be your idea of a welcoming city. It's not my idea, and it's not the idea of people across the city who understand that we've got to stand up and live our values every single day.
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