Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Jay Travis is the real deal.

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Jay Travis is the real deal.:

Jay Travis is the real deal.

At Travis fundraiser last night. 

I got to meet 26th Dist Rep. candidate Jay Travis at a campaign fundraiser for her last night. I came away thinking, she's the real deal. She previously worked as the executive director of the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO), which has been in the forefront of the battle to save public education in Chicago. She's solid in her defense of retirees pensions and was outspoken in opposition to school closings and to SB1 and the great pension heist going on in Springfield and Chicago. She also supports an elected school board in Chicago. Travis is supported by the Chicago Teachers Union, the AFL-CIO and Citizen Action Illinois among others.

Travis volunteers.

The CTU's Brandon Johnson has promised that union members "will be knocking on doors, making phone calls and raising cash" to help Travis win. Good. She