Mike Klonsky's Blog: Like a bad penny, Vallas turns up again in Chicago.

Mike Klonsky's Blog: Like a bad penny, Vallas turns up again in Chicago.

Like a bad penny, Vallas turns up again in Chicago.

Bad penny.

Paul Vallas is like that proverbial bad penny. He always turns up, uninvited. When he does, he's usually part of the problem rather than the solution.

The bad penny turned up again this week in Chicago in the midst of the city's battle with COVID to offer us his unsolicited budgeting advice in a Tribune op-ed. Vallas decided to take a public backhanded swipe at Mayor Lightfoot's management of the city's crisis budget (she's "disingenuous") and offer advice on how best to put the city on a "wartime financial plan."

As if he had a clue.

In the year since her election, and especially during this, the worst crisis to befall our city since the Great Fire, the mayor has gained high marks and become Chicago's acknowledged and highly regarded leader while Vallas has sunk into political obscurity.

This from the mayor:

“Unfortunately, some people are desperate to be relevant,” Lightfoot said. “The suggestion that somehow our city budget is in tatters, as Mr. Vallas dramatically suggests, it's just foolish.”

When I say, the bad penny turned up again, I mean, it seems like I've written this "we thought we were done with Vallas" post several times before.

After all, he ran against Lightfoot for mayor on these ideas a year ago and the voters heard them CONTINUE READING: Mike Klonsky's Blog: Like a bad penny, Vallas turns up again in Chicago.

Big Education Ape: Jessica Baghian and Paul Vallas Among 7 Candidates for La. State Superintendent | deutsch29 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/03/jessica-baghian-and-paul-vallas-among-7.html