Democratic candidates in a contentious primary race for Illinois secretary of state all promised Wednesday to modernize the office in a meeting with the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board.
Democratic candidates for Illinois secretary of state David Moore, from left, Alexi Giannoulias and Anna Valencia appear before the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on May 19, 2022.
Democratic candidates for Illinois secretary of state Alexi Giannoulias, left, and Anna Valencia appear before the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on May 19, 2022. “There’s a whopper every single day,” he said of the news reports alleging Valencia benefited her husband’s business by using her office. “People are sick and tired of scandal and corruption.”
She brought up the collapse of the Giannoulias family-owned Broadway Bank, a Chicago-based lender that collapsed after it lent millions of dollars to convicted Chicago crime figures while he was a senior loan officer from 2002 to 2006, shortly before he became state treasurer. On Wednesday, Valencia alleged that Giannoulias’ family still owes millions of dollars to the federal government due to the bank’s failure.
“Essentially, we want to eliminate the time tax,” Giannoulias said. “It takes too much time for them to access simple government services. We have to make that an easier process.”
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