Fundamentally, we need to make sure that our neighborhoods are safe - all of our neighborhoods. Lori Lightfoot More Quotes by Lori Lightfoot More Quotes From Lori Lightfoot I grew up in a small segregated steel town 6o miles outside of Cleveland, my parents grew up in the segregated south. As a family we struggled financially, and I grew up in the '60s and '70s where overt racism ruled the day. Lori Lightfoot parentsdayfamilyracism We can and will make Chicago a place where your ZIP code doesn't determine your destiny. Lori Lightfoot yourwillplacedestiny I have a wealth of experience, not only as a senior executive in different departments in the city, but I've also, in my private practice life, helped small businesses, middle-market businesses really try to navigate the sometimes difficult world of city government. Lori Lightfoot cityexperiencegovernmentlife When I came out, it wasn't a big formal conversation like in the movies. I just started living as my true and authentic self and opened up my life to my parents - sharing who I was, and bringing a girlfriend when I came home for a visit. To my great surprise, my parents accepted me for who I was and have supported me since. Lori Lightfoot my-lifemehomelife I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many incredible things happening - but also so many challenges and opportunities - as really being kind of the chief advocate for the people. Lori Lightfoot citythinkchallengespeople If people don't feel safe, they're not going to have hope. Lori Lightfoot goingfeelhopepeople Fundamentally, if people don't feel like their lives are valued and they don't value their lives, they're not going to value their neighbors' lives. Lori Lightfoot valuefeellikepeople And I would like to have a good, productive relationship with members of the City Council, but I'm not going to allow them to undermine what the people's choice was and what the people want, which is change. Lori Lightfoot goodchangerelationshippeople You know, I can't afford to take anything for granted. Lori Lightfoot anythingtakeknowyou Retired public service workers make up the backbone of the middle class in so many of our communities. Lori Lightfoot servicepublic-servicebackboneclass For more than two decades Chicagoans have routinely traveled to neighboring cities like Rosemont, Elgin, Joliet, Gary and Hammond to gamble. If people in Chicago want to gamble, then they should be able to gamble in Chicago at a city-owned, land-based casino. Lori Lightfoot morelikewantpeople I am not opposed to video gambling as long as it is properly regulated and regulators are diligent about keeping bad actors from having any involvement with the industry. Lori Lightfoot i-ambadgamblinglong I support a progressive state income tax. Lori Lightfoot taxincomeprogressivesupport If aldermen are doing their job right, they should be the ones who are closest to the vibe and the beat in their neighborhood and have a very important role to play on a number of different issues, but not a unilateral, unchecked right. That's gone as soon as I take office. Lori Lightfoot doingjobimportantplay Obviously, we have to do a far better job on keeping our community safe, and that's where I'm going to put a significant amount of input. Lori Lightfoot goingbetterjobcommunity But there are parents out there who feel like they have been shut out from the process of how their children are educated, and that's never a good thing. Lori Lightfoot parentsfeelgoodchildren We are a city that is a sanctuary city. We have immigrants from all over the world who call Chicago their home. They'll continue to do that, and we're going to continue to make sure that this is truly a welcoming community for those immigrants and we want them to come to the city of Chicago. Lori Lightfoot citycommunityhomeworld I think that the people who come from communities like me as an African-American woman, as a member of the LGBT community, we haven't sat in the corners of power. Lori Lightfoot womanmepowerpeople Breaking the back of the Chicago machine, it's quite monumental. Lori Lightfoot breakingquitemachineback Building channels for people to believe that the city sees them and hears them and is willing to invest, is going to be critically important, and we have to start that right away. Lori Lightfoot citystartbelievepeople
