![]() ![]() Thank you for reading Illinois Playbook! Drop me a line sometime: Bruce Rauner’s official portrait by artist Richard Halstead of Evanston will be hung in the Illinois State Capitol today. with Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Congressman Jonathan Jackson and Dixmoor Mayor Fitzgerald Roberts for the start of work on the Dixmoor Watermain Infrastructure Improvement Project.įormer Gov. for the Teacher Residency Induction Ceremony. At Chicago Cultural Center at 5:15 p.m. for the Firefighter/EMT and paramedics graduation ceremony. to sign the anti-book banning bill.Īt Arie Crown Theater at 10 a.m. At Harold Washington Library at 1:30 p.m. to give the commencement address at Northwestern University. If you are Toni Preckwinkle, who heads the Cook County Democrats, Playbook would like to hear how you’ll be endorsing for 2024. And Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neil Burke’s name is floating around, too. Also looking at the seat is Clayton Harris, who lobbies for Lyft and is the former head of the Illinois International Port District. Iris Martinez, the clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, can expect competition, including from Mariyana Spyropoulos and Eira Corral Sepulveda, both commissioners with the Metropolitan Water District.Īnd former Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson is expected to run for the Cook County state’s attorney seat now held by Kim Foxx, who said she won’t seek reelection. The actual slating is in August.ĭuking it out: A few elected officials are already making moves for other posts. GEARING UP: The 2024 primary ballot will start to take shape this week during pre-slating meetings with the Cook County Democratic Party.Ĭandidates wanting to be in the mix for the 2024 primary can introduce themselves to party leaders during the Thursday and Friday meetings. The big draw: Matt Paprocki, the organization’s president, called Vallas “a reform-minded problem solver” who’s mayoral campaign “united” Chicagoans “behind common sense reforms.” Vallas said he’s “not someone who sits idly by and complains about these problems,” which is why he’s partnering with “the strongest watchdog in the state - the Illinois Policy Institute.” Our public agencies are about to fall off a fiscal cliff, the kids in our public schools are falling behind after Covid-19 lockdowns … our economy is lagging and businesses are unable to operate in a high-crime, high-tax and high-regulation environment.” Sounds familiar: Vallas reiterated themes from his campaign, saying, “The city of Chicago is at a breaking point. In his own words: “My life’s work has been about identifying policies that lift people up and bring stability to our city’s finances,” Vallas said in the same statement. The Illinois Policy Institute was drawn to his “expertise on education, public safety and fiscal policy,” according to a statement. What he brings to the table: Vallas is the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools and was budget director for the city of Chicago for then-Mayor Richard M. Vallas, a well-known policy wonk, also secured support from Republican donors. Vallas, who lost his bid for Chicago mayor in the April runoff election, is a self-described “lifelong Democrat,” though he drew conservative support in the nonpartisan election that had him competing against left-leaning now-Mayor Brandon Johnson.ĭuring that campaign, Vallas was positioned right of moderate, in part because of his tough-on-crime message that had the support of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police. The position isn’t full time, but he’ll weigh in regularly. He’ll work on policy reports, opinion pieces and events, according to the libertarian-to-conservative Illinois think tank. ![]() | AP Photo/Erin HooleyįIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Former Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas is joining the Illinois Policy Institute as an adviser. Paul Vallas, photographed during the 2024 Chicago mayoral campaign, is teaming up with Illinois Policy Institute. ![]()
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