As one of my Chicago-based friends remarked elsewhere, they put the Chicago local elections on a weird day in April, when people are busy doing other things, and not on a regular election day [you know, November, when we usually vote] so that the election machines can get out their very interested voters.
And of course, some may think -- what difference does it make?
Well, Vallas and Johnson definitely had different ideas of what was going to be possible with the finances of Chicago. I think Johnson is more delusional about what's possible in terms of raising taxes.
The thing that immediately jumped out to me: fewer than 600,000 people cast ballots. Chicago is doomed AND nobody cares.
As one of my Chicago-based friends remarked elsewhere, they put the Chicago local elections on a weird day in April, when people are busy doing other things, and not on a regular election day [you know, November, when we usually vote] so that the election machines can get out their very interested voters.
And of course, some may think -- what difference does it make?
Well, Vallas and Johnson definitely had different ideas of what was going to be possible with the finances of Chicago. I think Johnson is more delusional about what's possible in terms of raising taxes.