As Logan Square residents watched the WTTW News mayoral forum last night, some residents said they felt a disconnect from candidates, while some said candidates were giving talking points — not real answers.
Logan Square resident Juliet de Jesus Alejandre believes Chicago mayoral candidates need to be more in touch with the everyday struggles Chicagoans face; she pointed to a disconnect she felt with the candidates during the WTTW News mayoral forum Tuesday night.
“I think most of the candidates felt so far away from the actual everyday challenges that people are going through, such as violence, the lack of affordability,” Alejandre said. “We see a lot of families here who are not able to buy food because the cost of housing has gone up or because of long COVID. … Their ability to work long hours hasn't gone back to pre-pandemic times.”For Alejandre, there were only two candidates who embodied a closeness to those issues.
“I felt an energy from Ja’Mal Green and from Brandon Johnson of understanding those struggles at that level, of being close to the pain and then really trying to think about some creative solutions and keeping young people at the center of those solutions,” Alejandre said. “It gives me hope, but everyone else just felt so far away from thinking creatively. It just felt like, ‘Oh that's gonna be exactly the same situation that got us here.
Meanwhile, Logan Square resident Amy Dworsky walked away feeling like she didn’t hear tangible answers from the candidates. “Candidates don't answer the questions that are asked. … They're just giving their talking points, they're not addressing the questions that the moderator asked them,” Dworsky said, noting her disappointment. “I wanted to hear them respond to the questions. … I think I'm still planning to vote for the same person I was planning to vote for before.”
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