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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“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... To get there, we have to have a basic level of safety... 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,” ...Lee starts July 1 and will be paid $165,000 per year
IOW, BS. Thanks simpson96.
Well, you nailed it: Berkeley trained.
I suppose the deputy mayor comes with a training certificate in urban riots.
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.
Yep! nailed it!
First, she's going to rid Chicago neighborhoods of the scourge of noose and bleach carrying MAGA gangs.
That may take awhile, but once it's done she can righteously say she's earned every cent of her salary!
-PJ
woman? A Saturday Night Live "Pat" skit?
No, but the taxpayers will be fleeced. She will need a deputy and secretary. Her deputy will need a deputy and secretary. And on and on it goes. Probably a thousand Democrats will end up sucking on the taxpayers teat. How many lives will she [they] end up saving? At the most, none.
Nailed it
Her first priority is to find those two Norwegians in MAGA hats that attacked poor Jussie and draped a cord around his neck, all the while making sure his sandwich remained unharmed. /S
What is it with liberal morons and their love of acronyms? Plus, that’s a man, baby.
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