Lori Lightfoot
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Lori Lightfoot is the Mayor of Chicago, known for her focus on inclusive growth and community engagement. This interview highlights her diplomatic approach to leadership, as she navigates challenges by fostering collaboration among various stakeholders.
“And seeing the machine in all of its warts and glory and then understanding the excitement that he ignited, particularly in Black Chicago and the kind of progressive lakefront liberals, as they were called in those days. And, you know, I remember Election Day really, really well.”
“The Ed Burke's perspective, the guy hadn't come across with the money. He hadn't hired him to do the legal work. And so while this person probably didn't know there was a criminal conspiracy going on, the obedience to this power and doing something that didn't comport at all with building code or what is actual true job was, but the willi…”
“Physical test kits to be able to make sure that we can open safely. And the fact that literally as every man or woman for themselves is a terrible indictment of the federal response, but also it makes it really difficult for us to cogently be able to tell our residents that they're safe because we're scrambling literally every single day…”
“That's probably not smart, but we can do it in lots of different ways. We can spread out the spaces because there's lots of different spaces that are available in schools where we can hold classes. They're going to be remote learning that's done, I think, at the city colleges level. Maybe we repurpose some of those spaces.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 386 — Mayor Lori Lightfoot
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