Jessica Vásquez replaced Anthony Quezada after he joined the Chicago City Council, attracting criticism that progressives were installing yet another insider in this district encompassing Chicago neighborhoods including Logan Square, Belmont Cragin and Hermosa. Challenger Nicholas Cade, an attorney and former public school teacher, accuses her of being beholden to special interests. Vásquez has had a strong voice in objecting to federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area. She touts her record of hands-on constituent services, including property-tax assistance, and joins us in calling out what she terms the county’s “poor rollout” of a Tyler Technologies-run computer system, which has led to inexcusably late tax bills. As a member of the county board’s audit committee, she has the potential to make good on her promises to bring about efficiencies and improve county administration.
Vásquez is endorsed.
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