You might have seen this in Chicago Magazine recently. Just a year before the election, Lightfoot looks in danger of becoming the first elected mayor in 40 years not to win a second term. https://t.co/WUIeVQLbcH — Chicago magazine (@ChicagoMag) January 26, 2022 Here's a brief excerpt. After Lori Lightfoot won the 2019 mayoral runoff with 73 percent of the vote, an alderman commented, “Her support is a mile wide and an inch deep.” In other words, she was a candidate for a moment in which voters were fed up with corruption, but she didn’t have a base that would stick by her in a crisis. That has turned out to be the most prescient assessment of Lightfoot’s political appeal. The world has changed a lot since her election. The COVID-19 pandemic is about to enter its third year, and the city is as violent as it’s been in a quarter century. Chicagoans are exhausted — with life, and with Lightfoot. According to an Ogden & Fry poll conducted for Fox 32 in November, 62 percent don’t

  [ VIDEO ] If you didn't know Mayor Lori Lightfoot earlier this month put out a tweet stating that she tested positive for coronavirus. WGN later caught up with her at Rainbow Beach as she talked about the issue of crime and her re-election in 2023. Believe it or not that's a year away. Me personally I'd rather believe that she'd opt not to run for re-election however we shall see how the next few month shake out. Besides who knew that Mayor Rahm Emanuel by September 2018 would bow out of running for a third term as mayor in 2019. What's also noted in this report is while she does have enough money for a potential re-election campaign it wasn't as good of a monetary haul as Mayor Emanuel as he geared up for re-election in 2015. However, until the 2023 mayoral race we still have the issue of crime which was noted in the above report as she's point her finger at the Chief Judge of Cook County Timothy Evans as she wants to keep the most dangerous criminals a

I've made some hay about Jahmal Cole and he doesn't mind saying that he was the first one to place his hat into the ring. Of course that was before Rep. Rush decided he wasn't running again . I see on wikipedia and of course if you have any names that isn't in the picture feel free to share. To start some names were through around in the news such as Ward 3 Ald. Pat Dowell who announced that she was pursuing this today . She also dropped out of the contest for yet another open seat for Illinois Secretary of State.  Then other names that surprises me State Sen. Elgie Sims, Ward 6 Ald. Roderick Sawyer, Ward 8 Ald. Michelle Harris, former city treasurer Kurt Summers, or State Rep. Marcus Evans. Sims, Sawyer and Harris are names familiar to those who live in the 6th ward. It's interesting that they're looking into this open seat. However this is a wide open contest and time will tell who might ultimately get the nod once the primary is over in June - don't for

 Due to a surge in coronavirus cases and concerns over this Omicron variant Chicago teachers have opted to not report for work and CPS is forced to cancel classes on Wednesday. This was the result of a Chicago Teacher's Union vote on Tuesday evening. BREAKING: CPS classes are canceled Wednesday as teachers vote to refuse to work in schools until COVID-19 cases drop sharply. Teachers voted to refuse to work in schools through Jan. 18 unless the city's positivity rate falls below 10%. https://t.co/SNqNg5EnGa — Block Club Chicago (@BlockClubCHI) January 5, 2022 If you're a parent of a CPS student, are you able to adjust to your children being at home at least through January 18 which is how long CPS teachers will refuse to work in person?

 This is huge news to start the new year 2022. It started breaking Monday afternoon and now that we have an open seat in the 1st Congressional District who else besides Jahmal Cole will go for this seat. It'll be official in the morning, but it's confirmed. U.S. @RepBobbyRush , D-Chicago, the only person ever to have beaten @BarackObama in an election, is retiring at this end of this term after nearly 30 years in D.C. Cld be lots of potential successors. https://t.co/J4Yvh4daDH — Greg Hinz (@GregHinz) January 3, 2022 Also bear in mind primaries will be held in June 2022!