Lolemba likubwerali, Brandon Johnson atenga udindo ngati meya wa Chicago popanda kusowa kwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri, kapena mphamvu zomwe zingafunike kuti zitheke. Mwina palibe yofunika kwambiri kuposa nkhani ya umbanda ndi chitetezo cha anthu.
Upandu unali wosatsutsika ndi nkhani ya chisankho cha ameya a 2023, ndi zofufuzira pambuyo zofufuzira pambuyo zofufuzira kusonyeza kuti zinali zofunika kwambiri kwa ovota ambiri, ngati si ambiri. Muyenera kungoyang'ana kampeni ya Johnson kuti mudziwe zapakati: pomwe zake kuyambitsa kampeni malonda sanatchule zaupandu kamodzi, nkhaniyo inali ponseponse mwa ofuna kusankhidwa Malonda ndi media mawonekedwe pomaliza.
Ndi udindo wocheperako - malire omwe Johnson adapambana nawo mfundo zinayi ndiwochepa kwambiri kuyambira pamenepo. Mbiri ya Harold Washington mu 1983 - kukakamizidwa tsopano kutsimikizira ovota kuti njira yatsopano ya Johnson yothana ndi umbanda, poyang'ana zomwe zimayambitsa ndikutsanulira ndalama pazosowa zaumunthu zomwe zanyalanyazidwa kwa nthawi yayitali, ndiyo yoyenera. Sizingakhale zophweka, ngakhale Johnson adasintha mozama pankhaniyi pomwe amayesa kukhazikika pakati pa kuyankhula ndi zodetsa nkhawa za ovota za umbanda komanso kudzipereka pakusintha kwachilungamo. Koma ngati atachita bwino, Johnson adzayatsa njira kuti akuluakulu aboma omwe akupita patsogolo m'dziko lonselo atsatire.
Zaka zitatu zapitazo, Johnson adalowa nawo m'mawu oti "abweze ndalama za apolisi," ndikulemba chigamulo chosamangirira mu 2020 kuchokera paudindo wake ngati Commissioner wa Cook County yomwe idafuna "kutumizanso ndalama kuchokera kupolisi ndikutsekeredwa m'ndende ku ntchito zaboma zomwe sizimayendetsedwa ndi okakamiza kulimbikitsa thanzi ndi chitetezo m'madera mofanana." Komabe panthawi ya kampeni ya meya, adakana "kubweza" ngati cholinga chandale, m'malo mwake adalumbira kuti apeza ndalama zokwana $ 150 miliyoni mu bajeti ya Chicago Police department (CPD) ndikuyimilira ngati yekhayo amene adakana kulonjeza kudzaza apolisi 1,600. ntchito. Kumapeto kwa kampeni, adalonjeza kuti sadzadula "ndalama imodzi" kuchokera ku bajeti ya apolisi ndipo adanena kuti nthawi zonse amakonzekera kudzaza malowa.
Johnson adakonza zoti apeze ndalama mu bajeti ya apolisi potseka mzindawu wodabwitsa Malo a Homan Square, kumene CPD yatsutsidwa ndi nkhanza zosiyanasiyana; kuthetsa mgwirizano wowononga wa $33 miliyoni wa zida zozindikira mfuti zotchedwa ShotSpotter zomwe omenyera ufulu waupandu ambiri omwe akupita patsogolo amati ndi osathandiza; ndikuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa oyang'anira apolisi. Sizikudziwika ngati "kuchita bwino" kotereku kungagwere pansi pa kukana kwake kuchepetsa bajeti ya CPD.
Kusinthidwa mosamalitsa kochitidwa ndi wosankhidwa Johnson kwapatsa meya wosankhidwa Johnson chipinda chosinthira. Pambuyo pa kukhazikitsidwa, Johnson adzakhala ndi malo ambiri andale kuti apewe kapena kuchepetsa kumenyana koopsa pa bajeti ya CPD ndi bungwe la apolisi mumzindawu komanso bungwe la ndale komanso lawayilesi lopanda ubwenzi, zomwe zingatheke kuposa kusokoneza kayendetsedwe kake chifukwa chokana kulemba ganyu. apolisi ambiri ndipo amakana mwaukali mabala aliwonse.
Adzazifuna, chifukwa malonjezo ake enanso ambiri adzayambitsa chitsutso chomwe chili chowawa kwambiri. Johnson walumbira kuti "akhazikitsa nthawi yomweyo" lamulo lololeza boma lomwe lidaperekedwa kwa apolisi amzindawu pambuyo pa kupha mkulu wa 2019 a Laquan Donald, yemwe amalamula kuti feduro iyang'anire CPD komanso kuchedwa kwambiri osachepera pang'ono chifukwa kutsutsa apolisi. Iye walonjeza kuti akwaniritsa zomwe zaletsa malamulo oletsa kuwombera apolisi zomwe zili m'bungwe la Anjanette Young Ordinance, kuphatikiza kuletsa zikalata zosagogoda komanso kuletsa apolisi kuloza mfuti kwa ana, zomwe zidalipo. anakanidwa ndi komiti ya khonsolo ya mzindawu yoona za chitetezo cha anthu kumapeto kwa chaka chatha. Ndipo adalumbiranso kuchotsa apolisi "ogwirizana mwachindunji ndi mabungwe ochita zinthu monyanyira" monga Proud Boys kapena Oath Keepers, a. zenizeni kwambiri vuto mkati mwa CPD, koma kuyesayesa ndiko anakumana ndi kukaniza kudutsa dzikolo.
Zochita izi zitha kukhala zotsutsana kwambiri - komanso zomwe zingakope kwambiri mameya omwe ali pachiwopsezo kuti asunthe kapena kutsika.
Zochepa zomwe zingakumane ndi zotsutsa ndizo zigawo za nsanja ya Johnson zomwe zimaphatikizapo kukulitsa ntchito zazamalamulo. Yankho la Johnson pa nkhawa za malo apolisi anali kulonjeza "kuphunzitsidwa ndi kupititsa patsogolo" ofufuza atsopano mazana awiri, ndipo, pambuyo pake, kukulitsa ntchito kwa apolisi. wakuda ndi wofiirira maofesala popumula malamulo okhudza omwe angakhale wapolisi komanso sangakhale wapolisi. Adawonanso kuti maofesi atsopano a meya opewera chiwawa chamfuti komanso chitetezo cha anthu ammudzi "akhale ngati malo olumikizirana mumzindawu polimbikitsa kupewa ziwawa," komanso njira yatsopano ya CPD yosowa anthu.
Koma mwala wapangodya wa masomphenya a Johnson olimbana ndi umbanda - kukhazikitsidwa bwino komwe kungapangitse kapena kuphwanya utsogoleri wake - ndi malingaliro ake ofunitsitsa kuti anthu akhazikitse ndalama za anthu. Pa nthawi yonseyi, Johnson ananena kuti โmizinda yotetezeka kwambiri ku America ili ndi chinthu chimodzi chofanana. . . . Amaika ndalama mwa anthu.โ Kwa Johnson, izi sizikutanthauza kuchulukitsa kuchuluka kwa ntchito zachinyamata zachilimwe ndikutsegulanso malo opitilira khumi ndi awiri azachipatala, koma kuthira ndalama m'masukulu aboma, mapulogalamu a nyumba za anthu osowa pokhala, komanso njira zingapo zopanda chiwawa, zopanda apolisi zoyamba kuyankha.
Cholinga chachikulu cha njira ya Johnson yoteteza chitetezo cha anthu ndikukhazikitsa pulogalamu yake yayikulu yazachuma komanso chikhalidwe. Ndipo izo zidzatengera kukhazikitsidwa kwa a misonkho yatsopano pa olemera, kuphatikizapo kukwera kwa msonkho wa hotelo ndi msonkho wotumizira malo ogulitsa katundu pamtengo wokwera mtengo, ndi msonkho wa 3.5 peresenti kwa anthu aku Chicago omwe amapanga ziwerengero zisanu ndi chimodzi, ndi zotsekemera zamisonkho yachisanu. Izi mwazokha zidzaphatikizapo nkhondo yoopsa ya ndale, ndi mantha a ndege yayikulu zobwera pamwamba pa zonse.
Zowopsa ndizokwera. Ngati Johnson apambana ndikupeza ndondomeko yovutayi yopangira singano pamzerewu - ndipo potero sikuti angopanga kusintha kwakuthupi m'miyoyo ya anthu, koma ngakhale kutsogolera kuchepa kwa umbanda - sadzangopambana kachiwiri koma adzakhala ngati chitsanzo cha onse omwe akupita patsogolo pamlingo wa ma municipalities. Ngati alephera, kapena mzindawu ukuwona kuwonjezereka kwaupandu, zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito kutseka omwe akuyenda bwino mumzindawu mtsogolomo ndikupangitsa kuti Kumanzere kukhale kovomerezeka m'dziko lonselo.
Kuti akwaniritse izi, afunika gulu lodzipereka lomwe likufuna kumenyera ndale ndikuthana ndi chitsutso chomwe sichingalephereke chomwe adalimbana nacho monga momwe adachitira kuti amusankhe. Koma gululo liyeneranso kusunga meya yemwe akubwera ku malonjezo ake, pamene chiyeso cha ndale chomwe chilipo nthawi zonse chotsatira njira yokanira pang'ono chidzabweza mutu wake. Johnson nthawi ina adatsindika pampikisanowu kuti "awa si malingaliro okhwima." Ntchito ya kumanzere kwa Chicago tsopano ndikuwonetsetsa kuti akumva chimodzimodzi atakhala pansanjika yachisanu ya City Hall.
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