While Brandon Johnson is hoping to build Black voter turnout, Alderman Roberto Maldonado is working to build Hispanic turnout for Paul Vallas.
’s fourth Black mayor, Brandon Johnson on Friday reminded senior citizens that Election Day, April 4th, is also an important date in Black history.April 4th is the day 55 years ago that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed in Tennessee.While Johnson is hoping to build Black voter turnout, which was disappointingly low in the first round of mayoral voting back in February, Alderman Roberto Maldonado is working to build Hispanic turnout for Paul Vallas, stressing equity and safety.
"Because I think that if they know what Paul Vallas stands for, they will vote by and large for Paul Vallas," Maldonado said. "I was talking to a business owner on the South Side yesterday who has been broken into seven times in the last year. Seven times in the last year! And I don't think the police have made a single arrest," Vallas said."I’m going to double the amount of young people that we hire, not just for summer jobs but for year-round jobs.
Johnson's position on funding police and hiring new officers continues to change. After declining to commit to filling police department vacancies, Johnson now says he will.that I have read and agree
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