Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas sparred over public safety, education, budgets and more at the ABC7 debate Thursday night.
Chicago mayoral candidates faced off in the ABC7 debate Thursday night, at times getting heated as they answered questions from a live studio audience on major issues facing the city.More Videos
"What we're going to do is train and promote 200 more detectives because we're not solving crime in the city of Chicago, especially in Black and brown, poor communities," Johnson said. Johnson said Chicago would become safer with more investments in affordable housing, paid for in part by raising the real estate transfer tax on million dollar homes.
But Vallas said Johnson's tax plan would impact working people, not just the rich, and questioned the Cook County commissioner's budget experience.
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