Mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson differed on taxes, schools and the privatization of public resources during a robust forum Saturday largely dedicated to women’s issues.
Perhaps the most spirited exchanges between the two were over how to raise money to fund programs and the fallout over governments privatizing services.
The two also clashed over privatization, with Vallas preemptively saying that method of governance has been harmful and criticizing cleaning deals CPS entered into under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Vallas framed them as a “scholarship program.” He also said he believes the amount of charter schools operating within CPS is sufficient and that the focus should be on expanding magnet schools and programs within neighborhood schools.Johnson responded by saying the history of vouchers is rooted in white families who did not want their children to go to school with Black and brown kids.
Mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson, right, speaks about his plans for education funding as fellow candidate Paul Vallas listens during a women's mayoral forum, hosted by the Chicago Women Take Action Alliance, at the Chicago Temple Saturday. Johnson said back, “Yeah, I don’t know if we’ve ever actually experienced any of the things that Paul Vallas is talking about.”He added that there’s unemployment in Black neighborhoods that rivals Great Depression-era numbers and that, at that time in the 1930s, the federal government gave white men shovels before there was anything to dig. Vallas looked at the moderators as though seeking a chance to respond but they moved on.
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