Chicago is the largest city in the country without mayoral term limits. This has led to entrenched leaders, a lack of new ideas and creative thinking and a city government that works for the few, not the many. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
People feel like city government is corrupt. They feel like it doesn’t work unless you have clout. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
When I was in my 20s and kind of going through my own coming out process, I feared that I would lose my family. I feared that I would grow old alone. And that was a real part of my struggle. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
There’s things that you can learn by being in the room with people that’s different than talking to them over the phone or reading a policy paper. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
In Massillon, you either hated football, or you loved it. On a Friday night in the fall, I don’t know what anybody did if they weren’t at, quote-unquote, ‘The Game.’ Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
Both my brothers played football. My mother had season tickets as a school board member. I was in the band, my sister was in the band. The thing was, the unifying civic activity was obsession over high school football. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
My view is I should have been Miss Massillonian, and I wasn’t. I think the reason I wasn’t was because I was black. Frankly, I was told later I should have been. But they were afraid if they elected a black girl as Miss Massillonian, it would have been a scandal. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
Look, there’s no question that we have a challenge with gun violence. But there’s a lot more nuanced parts of that narrative, and that’s the part that I think that we have to make sure that we emphasize along with all the great things that are going on in Chicago, particularly in our neighborhoods. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
I’ve wanted to be a parent for a really long time, and I’m going to make sure I’m doing everything I can to be present in her life, to be her mother. I don’t want to be absent from her life. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
As I examine progressive revenue options, I want to make sure wealthy individuals and businesses pay their fair share, that we reduce the burden on low-income and middle-class families, and not drive businesses from Chicago or create a disincentive for businesses to invest in our city. Lori Lightfoot Read Quote
