Chicagoans still lack the will to fix their city

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Alas, we were too optimistic about Chicago.

When Chicagoans ousted Mayor Lori Lightfoot, giving her only 17% of their votes in the first round of this year’s mayoral election, it seemed that the city might be about to turn a corner. Voters seemed to be rejecting the grievance-mongering and anti-police ideology that have made life in the Windy City so much more dangerous and less tolerable than it was even 10 years ago.

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