Op-ed by Arthur Cyr, includes “The wide-margin victory of Lori Lightfoot in the runoff election for Chicago mayor is no surprise, and neither is the reaction of many news outlets. In contemporary politics and society, the gender, race and personal life of Mayor-elect Lightfoot get major emphasis. Meanwhile, there will be no escape from Chicago’s grim fiscal challenges. This is not alarmist rhetoric, but harsh reality. … The real test of Chicago’s new mayor will be old-fashioned management, not gender, race and lifestyle symbolism.”
Read the full article on: Santa Rosa’s Press Gazette (California)