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Chuy Garcia: Chris Kennedy was right about Emanuel’s plan to make Chicago whiter
Cook County commissioner and congressional candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia agrees with gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy’s assessment that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spearheading a “strategic gentrification plan” to force people of color out of Chicago. Garcia, who ran against Emanuel and forced him into a runoff race in 2015, said the mayor has had years to make the changes promised during his first run for mayor in 2011. “The lack of investment in Chicago’s poorest communities obviously drives people to leave the city seeking communities that are safer, that are more affordable, that have more opportunities,” Garcia said. [Tribune]
