{"id":1865974,"date":"2023-03-02T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-of-destruction-the-legacy-of-chicagos-departing-mayor-lori-lightfoot\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T02:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T07:02:34","slug":"wake-of-destruction-the-legacy-of-chicagos-departing-mayor-lori-lightfoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-of-destruction-the-legacy-of-chicagos-departing-mayor-lori-lightfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake Of Destruction: The Legacy Of Chicago\u2019s Departing Mayor Lori Lightfoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwake-of-destruction-the-legacy-of-chicagos-departing-mayor-lori-lightfoot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1865974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <span>Lori Lightfoot (Chicago Mayor), lost her reelection campaign. Now, she is the Windy City&#8217;s first chief executive officer to lose reelection after more than four decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paul Vallas (ex-Chicago Public Schools CEO) and Brandon Johnson (Cook County Commissioner) will address the occasion <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-democrat-mayor-lori-lightfoot-loses-re-election-race-as-crime-soars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Advance<\/span><\/a><span> Each candidate will be eligible to run for the next election if they have received more votes than their incumbent. Lightfoot, who is often <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lightfoot-out-as-mayor-says-she-was-treated-unfairly-as-a-black-woman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>touts<\/span><\/a><span> Her race and self-identification as a lesbian justifies her loss to a journalist. &#8220;black woman in America&#8221; She is. Lightfoot is not a valid reason for residents to ignore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Crime rose significantly during Lightfoot\u2019s four-year tenure as Chicago City Hall mayor. There were 490 homicides in Lightfoot&#8217;s first year of being mayor. In 2020, the number of murders was 772 and in 2021 it was 800. This represents a 58% increase in murders since the Black Lives Matter protests, which rocked the country after George Floyd&#8217;s passing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lightfoot has a personal group of 71 officers that are assigned to her security. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-has-71-person-police-unit-to-protect-her-blames-trump-for-being-in-danger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Proposed<\/span><\/a><span> Prominent Democrats started to push for the Defund the Police Movement, which saw $80 Million taken out of the Chicago Police Department budget by 2020. She was subsequently disregarded by law enforcement officers. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-cops-turn-backs-on-mayor-after-female-cop-killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Turned<\/span><\/a><span> Lightfoot addressed reporters with their backs towards them while one of their wounded colleagues was fighting for their own death. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Turning their backs to the mayor was an excellent illustration of how hundreds of police officers felt waiting out the hospital,&#8221; John Catanzara, President of Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, stated this in an interview <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2021\/8\/9\/22616490\/chicago-cops-give-cold-shoulder-mayor-lori-lightfoot-hospital-ella-french\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Interview<\/span><\/a><span> The Chicago Sun-Times. &#8220;They are fed up and won&#8217;t be silent any longer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lightfoot, however, boasted about the &#8220;real&#8221; Between 2021-2022, she made great strides in reducing the crime rate. Despite the fact it was still far higher than the criminality level before her election. Her campaign stated: &#8220;we have made a lot of progress in making our city safer,&#8221; But Mayor Lightfoot knows that it is not over. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lightfootforchicago.com\/public-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Website<\/span><\/a><span>She stated that she would employ hundreds of additional officers if elected to office again. &#8220;These investments are her commitment to take the necessary steps in this critical work and make sure Chicagoans feel safe in all their neighborhoods.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>High crime rates are one reason behind the mass exodus. Ken Griffin, ex-richest man in Illinois, and chief executive at Citadel, relocated a large portion of his personal property to Miami. According to the multibillionaire Republican megadonor, one was completed. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/illinois-former-wealthiest-man-reveals-the-breaking-points-that-prompted-his-move-to-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Interview<\/span><\/a><span> The breaking point was reached when two of their colleagues were violently attacked. One victim was robbed by a man who wanted to steal his identity. &#8220;a gun&#8221; During a coffee run, he was hit on the head. While waiting for a car, another was attacked. &#8220;some random lunatic just trying punch him in the face&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chicago is the second most taxed city in terms of both state and local sales taxes. A survey by the a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/sales-tax-rates-by-city-2021\/?utm_source=Tax+Foundation+Newsletters&#038;utm_campaign=7f2ef02e5b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_17_07_28_COPY_01&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_8387957ec9-7f2ef02e5b-429489705&#038;mc_cid=7f2ef02e5b&#038;mc_eid=a9b206fa6a#_ftn13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Study<\/span><\/a><span> From the Tax Foundation. According to a, Lightfoot had suggested an increase in property taxes but she reversed it prior to her re-election campaign. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoispolicy.org\/lightfoot-cancels-property-tax-hike-in-announcing-new-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Report<\/span><\/a><span> From the Illinois Policy Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other notable companies have also left Chicago because of the same pressures: Caterpillar Construction Machinery and Tyson Food Processing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/another-large-company-announces-departure-from-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Announcement<\/span><\/a><span> They would shut down their offices and move out of the city. Lightfoot announced her campaign. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lightfootforchicago.com\/economic-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Website<\/span><\/a><span> She said that she is &#8220;committed&#8221; To &#8220;attracting new businesses&#8221; As well as &#8220;creating an environment that supports entrepreneurs and workers who call Chicago home.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to the loss of businesses, Chicagoans are also moving away from Chicago. According to a report from 2020-2021, the region lost 91,000 people. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/ct-biz-census-chicago-metro-20220324-vyeushuf7vdw7jvg6s7hp6jdxa-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Report<\/span><\/a><span> The Chicago Tribune reports that the trend is continuing in other cities, which have strict lockdown mandates. Lightfoot <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-heavy-hand-vaccine-free-your-time-is-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Be educated<\/span><\/a><span> Unvaccinated residents were notified by their health officials as late December 2021. &#8220;time runs out&#8221; She also stated that she had not issued any public health mandates. &#8220;inconveniently designed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lightfoot persevered, despite the failures in her administration. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lori-lightfoot-endorses-herself-getting-1st-pay-hike-for-chicago-mayor-in-16-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>endorsed<\/span><\/a><span> She was offered a plan to give her a 5% increase at the end of last. This was her first increase in wages in nearly two decades. Lightfoot will have to look for a new job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\"><span>CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wake-of-destruction-the-legacy-of-chicagos-departing-mayor-lori-lightfoot\">Wake Of Destruction: The Legacy Of Chicago\u2019s Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lori Lightfoot (Chicago Mayor), lost her reelection campaign. Now, she is the Windy City&#8217;s first chief executive officer to lose reelection after more than four decades. Paul Vallas (ex-Chicago Public Schools CEO) and Brandon Johnson (Cook County Commissioner) will address the occasion Advance Each candidate will be eligible to run for the next election if &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1890857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[15831,18896,8147,4185,15699,16495,4602,7803],"class_list":["post-1865974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-chicagos","tag-departing","tag-destruction","tag-legacy","tag-lightfoot","tag-lori","tag-mayor","tag-wake"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}