Posted on 06/25/2019 5:03:14 AM PDT by simpson96
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s choice to be the city’s deputy mayor of public safety is Susan Lee, a senior director at an anti-violence nonprofit who says reducing violence is her mission.
Lee, 51, is the senior director of Safe Chicago Network at Chicago CRED (Creating Real Economic Destiny), a nonprofit where former Obama administration education secretary and Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan is managing partner.
Lee has worked on anti-violence issues across the country, including in Los Angeles, and said her first priority in the new role “is to establish a basic level of safety in all communities in Chicago.”
“It’s a mission for me because I think that it’s a shame that we have gotten to this level in one of the richest countries in the world and we owe it to these communities and the kids who live in these communities to create opportunity,” Lee said. “To get there, we have to have a basic level of safety.”
The Mayor’s Office of Public Safety will “focus on reducing violent crimes, including gang and gun-related violence — while also ensuring that these efforts are paired with investments in social service supports, including access to mental health resources and other services,” the mayor’s office said.
Part of that approach will include partnering with local organizations, including Chicago CRED, the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the Civic Consulting Alliance, the mayor’s office said.
Lee starts July 1 and will be paid $165,000 per year, a Lightfoot spokesman said.
The incoming deputy mayor has an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley as well as a law degree from Boalt Hall, Berkeley’s law school.
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Yeah, this’ll work.
Well paid with impeccable credentials....from Bezerkley:
Lee starts July 1 and will be paid $165,000 per year, a Lightfoot spokesman said.
The incoming deputy mayor has an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley as well as a law degree from Boalt Hall, Berkeley’s law school.
Guess the ballerina had term limits.
So a 51 year old asian woman is gonna get 19 year old black male gangsters to stop killing each other?
Well, that solves Chicago’s violent crime problem.
Next issue ...
This more progressive nonsense. There are lines of demarcation within Chicago. Areas within the lines are peaceful and prosperous. Outside the lines there is lawlessness and social dysfunction. The areas within are not unlike the fortified safe “green zone” the American military established in Baghdad. Such is the reality of life in “progressive” urban America. Things will only get worse in Chicago as those demarcation lines will be less defended.
Creating Real Economic Destiny??? Leftists kinda just make $hit up as they go along.
What they get instead is another drain on the public treasury.
Nope. She's gonna blame whitey for all the woes in Chicago, ignore the black problem, and try and take guns away from law abiding citizens. Just like liberals always do.
The sheer idiocy of the Democrats is beyond understanding.
What could possibly go wrong?
“reducing violence is her mission. “
Well, good luck with that. I’m sure all the violent gang members are shaking in their Nikes.
Another cat-lady government. they’re toast.
The comments here are great!
This highly paid person is not going to stop street thugs from killing each other.
NONE of the democrats’ solutions ever work.
“We’ll start by confiscating guns.”
Expect crime rates to go up, they just wont be reported so it looks like this stunt will have been successful.
Step #1, the cops suck and they should not be allowed to arrest anyone.
Step #2, blame the cops for the increase in crime.
Step #3, move to the next big city and do it again.
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