There seems to be a disconnect. last spring you said we are changing the democrat party to get rid of the sellouts. who are the sellouts. i don t know, but the number one thing i was asked at the door is will you sell us out. i felt the pain. you must have had someone in mind there. some of my opponents that support large tax breaks for a hockey stadium downtown, watching my neighborhood schools close down. watching the fact that my district lost their school district.
Parents, from student, from community leaders. it happened in some of chicago s most disinvested communities and as a consequence, these communities are now left with boarded up school buildings. it snuffed the life out of many of the neighborhoods, and children have to walk long distances to school. parents are worried. and it s really a disruption to what was already a fragile neighborhood in chicago. it happened also primarily in african-american and latino communities. so it s really struck a cord with people. people want something better, and they want a mayor who s going to fight for public education and for good neighborhood schools. they re not seeing that from rahm emanuel. instead, they re seeing powerful people, the rich and the famous and hollywood money, coming into chicago, hedge fund money coming into chicago, and they re asking, is there a direct relationship between those who give to the mayor and benefit because certainly the neighborhoods aren t experiencing the pros
i think we re getting attention because for the third year in a row now, we have seen radical increases in the number of kids coming. families are coming back from private schools, from charter schools to dcps. people want are demanding good neighborhood schools. the only time that public school systems are great is when the community demands it and the government works with the community to deliver. chief, the focus on ferguson, the focus on what happened in staten island, it s a challenge to a lot of police forces. you haven t had these issues in your police force. why do you think that? i think it s really about building the strong relationships with the community. you have to do it every day. you can t do it in crisis. do you it every day. the community trusts and supports you. during the protests here i had the good fortune of observing our community reaching out and hugging police officers and shaking our hand. we re very fortunate. i can t let you go mayor without aski
D.c. public schools would have more attention in. i think we re getting attention because for the third year in a row now, we have seen radical increases in the number of kids coming. families are coming back from private schools, from charter schools to dcps. people want are demanding good neighborhood schools. the only time that public school systems are great is when the community demands it and the government works with the community to deliver. chief, the focus on ferguson, the focus on what happened in staten island, it s a challenge to a lot of police forces. you haven t had these issues in your police force. why do you think that? i think it s really about building the strong relationships with the community. you have to do it every day. you can t do it in crisis. do you it every day. the community trusts and supports you. during the protests here i had the good fortune of observing our community reaching out and hugging police officers and shaking our hand. we re very
Wealthier areas, do you think d.c. public schools would have more attention in. i think we re getting attention because for the third year in a row now, we have seen radical increases in the number of kids coming. families are coming back from private schools, from charter schools to dcps. people want are demanding good neighborhood schools. the only time that public school systems are great is when the community demands it and the government works with the community to deliver. chief, the focus on ferguson, the focus on what happened in staten island, it s a challenge to a lot of police forces. you haven t had these issues in your police force. why do you think that? i think it s really about building the strong relationships with the community. you have to do it every day. you can t do it in crisis. do you it every day. the community trusts and supports you. during the protests here, i had the good fortune of observing our community reaching out and hugging police officers an