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Susana Mendoza says Chicago businesses would ‘stop feeling like piggy banks’ if she’s mayor
Well I’m not mayor yet, and when I’m mayor, I’ll take a look at, line by line, every line in the budget and make sure that we’re cutting waste where it exists and that we’re putting forth a balanced, sensible budget.
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Mayoral challenger Susana Mendoza vows to repair ‘damaged relationship’ between City Hall and business
Mayoral challenger Susana Mendoza vowed Wednesday to repair what she called the “damaged” relationship between City Hall and Chicago’s business community by treating business “as a partner — not a piggy bank.
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On last day to turn in signatures for 2027 Chicago mayoral race, candidates try to stand out
She displayed a moment of sentimentality when she dropped off her sheets, sighing, “It feels weird to not have my clipboard with me.”
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Mayors Are Filming Videos, Mamdani-Style, With Varying Degrees of Cringe
“I’m the only candidate for mayor with the financial management experience and backbone to manage this crisis,” she said confidently, pointing at the camera as she walked.
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Is this the woman who’ll save Chicago? Sensible Democrat ran huge department so frugally she RETURNED cash to city every year… now she wants to lead troubled Windy City
Mendoza said her top priorities, if elected, would be addressing Chicago’s financial crisis and the city’s public safety crisis… ‘Chicago has tossed mayors out of office for blizzards, corruption, and incompetence. We deserve better. Not just a little better, much better.
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Chicago pensions face insolvency in downturn, mayoral candidate says
Chicago’s underfunded pension system is in dire condition, with some funds at risk of becoming “completely insolvent” in a market correction, Chicago mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza warned.
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Mayoral challenger Susana Mendoza vows to use financial acumen to tackle Chicago’s $36B pension crisis
The outgoing state comptroller said the next mayor of Chicago needs to have a “come to Jesus moment” with union leaders and demand the concessions needed to prevent city employee pension funds from going bankrupt and dragging the city under.
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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza runs for Chicago mayor
When Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced her candidacy for Chicago mayor last week, she had the same message for financial markets and everyday Chicagoans: The best way to help the people of Chicago is “to respect the taxpayer dollar and stretch its value.”
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State Comptroller Mendoza enters mayoral race, takes shots at Mayor Johnson, Giannoulias
Susana Mendoza argues that her “trifecta of experience” as a state legislator, city clerk and state comptroller proves she is the “turnaround expert”
