#2. You got it about Preckwinkle being a communist but what do you have on Lightfoot. Daughter or granddaughter of Claude Lightfoot (CPUSA leader) and his red wife?
Haven’t seen anything on her.
Her father was a janitor/factory worker, so I’m guessing probably not. Claude Lightfoot had no biological children, he adopted two children.
Lightfoot seems to be a fairly common black surname. Some major slaveholders apparently had the name, which is English in origin and not Native American as I was inclined to think.
Anyway, I voted against Pop Tax witch who is Chair of the democrat party and a massive c word. Her ads practically accused Lightfoot of being a Republican. LOL.
I do think that despite “progressives” being in love with her than Lightfoot is objectively less leftist than Dickwankle who has proven her communist bonafides as Board President with her regressive sin tax aimed at low-income people.
The most Republican ward (41) was Lightfoot’s best. Pretty much everyone in the city voted for her over Pop Tax witch, no one more heavily than White people of all areas and income levels. Dickwink only cracked 40% in TWO wards.
My ward (26) was actually one of dickwankle’s best (a third of the vote), because the local alderman and his machine supported her.
Despite all the “no difference” comments I live here and I’m pretty pleased. I don’t think Dykefoot will be any worse than Rahm. I only wish the witch wasn’t still County Board President. We need a fellow Black to run against her next time, Whitey Fioretti lost by 20 points. Those of us that live here need to make choices from the available array of diseases and to us “infected” people there are differences that are at least a little meaningful. I’d have voted for Stalin himself over Dickwangle.
In other news, the Berner psychopath public bank/ “basic income” candidate for Treasurer lost by 20 points. Ironically he carried the rich wards downtown and lost the poorest Blackest wards where you’d figure people would love the idea of getting free money (his opponent, the winner, is Black).
Alderman Deb Mell is behind by 64 votes (to an AOC whackjob “progressive of color”). I am glad I don’t live in that ward cause damn what a choice!
I heard something about a charter school supporter leading an incumbent but I don’t remember which ward or know how it turned out.