I was disappointed by the CTU's decision to begin a work stoppage and force the cancellation of classes, we rolled up our sleeves and negotiated in good faith over a long period of time.

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If you know LA, you think of Watts, you think of South Central, he worked together to make those communities safe and engaged those communities. This is a guy who knows how to get something done.

We've given them a historic deal by any measure, the fact that our children aren't back in school tomorrow is on them.

We made some movement to try to get a deal done and I was deeply disappointed that with that movement ... they would not take the deal.

There is a finite pot of money. We don't have unlimited cash to keep funding the things that are aspirational and maybe things that, on values that we share, we have to live within our means. That's what the taxpayers expect of us, and that's what we're going to do.

I'm pissed at the fact that the kids have been out for so long, t... by Lori Lightfoot

I'm pissed at the fact that the kids have been out for so long, they need their class time.

There should be a sense of urgency, we have been making progress,... by Lori Lightfoot

There should be a sense of urgency, we have been making progress, not enough, not fast enough.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed to me that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had a couple of drinks with dinner.

They need to stop beautifying Lake Shore Drive and do something for these people. Lake Shore Drive is beautiful enough. [W]hat we need is for the union to come back to the table to bargain in good faith, spend the time actually getting a deal done, face to face with us, and not off to the side in a caucus.

We walked into a staggeringly large deficit for next year and what was worse we were not left with any credible plan on how to fix this massive problem.

While the study confirms our concerns about the tax structure that the legislature passed, we know that this can be addressed, and we look forward to working with the governor and legislative leaders to revise the legislation.

It wasn't a playground, it was a park. It wasn't seven dead. It wasn't 52 wounded in one incident, which is what this suggests. And it's misleading, it's important when we're talking about people's lives to actually get the facts correct, which one can easily do if you actually cared about getting it right.

Chicago has taken concrete steps to support our immigrant communities, chicago will always be a welcoming city and a champion for the rights of our immigrant and refugee communities.

I have directed -- and Superintendent Johnson has confirmed -- that CPD has terminated ICE's access to CPD's databases related to federal immigration enforcement activities.

We need to make sure we are out there with job training, everything we can to drive down unemployment, make sure kids aren’t living in poverty, good schools, this really does take a multi-faceted approach.

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To make blatant racial appeals or just blatant appeals only targeted to the LGBTQ+ community, I didn't think that that was a winning formula, and it's also inconsistent with who I am.

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Let's stand together, stick together, and work together for justice of every description. Racial justice. Gender justice. Immigrant justice. Economic justice. Environmental justice.

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I believe that everybody is entitled to a presumption of innocenc... by Lori Lightfoot

I believe that everybody is entitled to a presumption of innocence.

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Chicago is the largest city in the country without mayoral term limits. This has led to entrenched leaders, a lack of new ideas and creative thinking and a city government that works for the few, not the many.

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The only thing you have in your life is your integrity. by Lori Lightfoot

The only thing you have in your life is your integrity.

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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.

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