The former federal prosecutor will make history as she is sworn into office Monday. “There’s a lot of hope with Lori,” a past adversary says.
Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot talks with a staff member on one of the final days of her transition team’s work. The former federal prosecutor, whose election upended the city’s political machine, will be sworn in Monday. By Mark Guarino May 19 at 7:00 AM CHICAGO — In a city long run on insider deals, nepotism and patronage, an adamant outsider takes charge Monday morning.
For longtime political watchers, Lightfoot’s ascendancy feels similar to the grass-roots rise of Chicago’s first black mayor, populist Harold Washington, who served from 1983 to 1987. What makes the 56-year-old Lightfoot unusual isn’t just the success of her first-time candidacy. She talks about policies to improve public health and the local economy using the language of social justice. She intends to establish a mayor’s office for equity and social justice; she already has announced the city’s first chief equity officer. “I believe in a righteous, legitimate government,” she says. And she wants to bring resources “to communities that have been left behind. . . .
“She is offering an open door to people ignored by past administrations and showing them that their voices matter,” he said. “We haven’t experienced that in Chicago. We usually elect elites who may want to hear your ideas but won’t implement them. That’s why there’s a lot of hope with Lori.” “You want to take that ability away from me to help protect my community? I don’t think so,” Alderman Anthony Beale told the Chicago Sun-Times several days ago.
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