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From left: Paul Vallas, incumbent Lori Lightfoot and Chuy Garcia were among five candidates at a WBEZ forum
Wednesday at UIC. The hour-long panel covered crime, transportation and education (Photo/Lulu Anjanette)
Chicago mayoral candidates met for an hour at UIC on Wednesday to discuss the issues with WBEZ’s Reset on the Radio heading into the Feb. 28 election. Here is a collection of social media posts from media and attendees at the candidate forum, organized by topic:
Crime
Video: Laaiba Mahmood
@WBEZreset on the Road Mayoral Candidate Forum at UIC starts off with a question about crime. #uicdigital @WBEZ pic.twitter.com/5I8sKv9VKs
— Laaiba (@LaaibaMahmood) February 8, 2023
.@WBEZ Forum opens questioning candidates’ stance on crime. Incumbent .@chicagosmayor defends her administration’s policies, vows to prevent fire weapons coming in illegally from bordering states. .@ChuyChicago plans to replace the police’s superintendent if elected #uicdigital
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
.@WBEZ Incumbent Lori Lightfoot questions Paul Vallas’ view of her administration policies on crime #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/Rr7XHXxEOx
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
@chicagosmayor calls @PaulVallas’s statements on clearance and crime prevention into question. “You need to actually get yourself up to date on the facts about what’s happening in this city.” #uicdigital @wbez @thisisUIC pic.twitter.com/t331adIC2Q
— Laaiba (@LaaibaMahmood) February 8, 2023
WBEZ Reset on the Road: 4th Ward Alderman .@King4thWard says the city should implement “no turn on reds” and defends lower speed limits, labeling herself neither a “Law and Order” candidate like Paul Vallas nor a “defund the police” candidate. #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/1nnMoNsxoT
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
.@WBEZ Forum opens questioning candidates’ stance on crime. Incumbent .@chicagosmayor defends her administration’s policies, vows to prevent fire weapons coming in illegally from bordering states. .@ChuyChicago plans to replace the police’s superintendent if elected #uicdigital
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
@PaulVallas says dealing with non-homicide crimes in Chicago is going to start with community policing which would enable response time leading to higher clearance in crimes in Chicago. #uicdigital
— Manny Meraz (@mannyfromwicker) February 8, 2023
WBEZ’s Reset on the Road: Lori Lightfoot, Jesus “Chuy” García, Paul Vallas and Kam Buckner join the stage #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/BPSs4ZWgFA
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
Public Transportation
WBEZ’s Reset on the Road: Questioned on the CTA’s condition, .@RepKamBuckner responds “I planned to take the bus here, but I was ghosted” provoking laughter from the audience #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/6XJyGM7ZtS
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
@chicagosmayor on safety on the CTA: “We need more uniformed police officers on the trains and on the buses. And that’s precisely what we’ve done.”
On low ridership: The pandemic is ongoing and people are not coming downtown full-time like they used to. #uicdigital @WBEZreset
— Laaiba (@LaaibaMahmood) February 8, 2023
WBEZ’s Reset on the Road: Candidate Chuy García remarks CTA trains and buses as “dirty” and “filthy”, vows to use connections in Springfield and Washington to address the issue #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/OV28u7EpU1
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
WBEZ’s Reset on the Road: Questioned on the CTA’s condition, .@RepKamBuckner responds “I planned to take the bus here, but I was ghosted” provoking laughter from the audience #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/6XJyGM7ZtS
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
WBEZ Reset on the Road: 4th Ward Alderman .@King4thWard says the city should implement “no turn on reds” and defends lower speed limits, labeling herself neither a “Law and Order” candidate like Paul Vallas nor a “defund the police” candidate. #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/1nnMoNsxoT
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
Education
WBEZ’s Reset on the Road: Chuy García and Paul Vallas face-off over education policies.
“You got fired, Paul” #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/uzsXr5HS64— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
On CPS schools: @chicagosmayor claims 90 percent of funding to CPS goes to classrooms, questioning other candidates’ figure of 60 percent. #uicdigital @WBEZ @WBEZreset
— Laaiba (@LaaibaMahmood) February 8, 2023
Just for Fun
Ending @WBEZ Reset on the Road: Election Week on a lighter note, candidates answer the question, “Do you believe in ghosts?” #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/SnAgEUQVsg
— Lulu Anjanette (@lanjan2_lulu) February 8, 2023
Pre-Event
Alderman Sophia King joins the stage at the forum #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/3lLoLXVB8I
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
@WBEZ have an assigned person to cue applause from the audience. #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/jtTKikAnUR
— Lulu Anjanette (@lanjan2_lulu) February 8, 2023
Doors are open at UIC’s WBEZ Reset on the Radio Mayoral Candidate Event #uicdigital pic.twitter.com/oEFXCj5thX
— Ricardo Brum (@rabrum2) February 8, 2023
Mayor Lori Lightfoot scolded rivals during last night’s mayoral forum for trying “to mansplain” and “treat me like I’m some child.”https://t.co/ajIrgiO8c6
— WBEZ (@WBEZ) February 8, 2023