The Latino Policy Forum’s questionnaire asks the candidates for Chicago mayor how they would approach seven main areas – City governance, education, workforce and economic development, community safety, immigration, housing and health. Below is a sample of the four main candidates’ (Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle, Rahm Emanuel, Carol Moseley Braun) responses to the budget, immigration and education questions. For the complete questionnaire and full candidate responses, visit LatinoPolicyForum.org.
Budget: How will you ensure the city budget remains solvent over the short and long term?
Carol Moseley Braun: A mix of cost savings and efficiencies, along with improved growth should allow the city to live within its means without raising taxes or cutting essential city services, as follows...
1.) With the ending of the recession, some city revenues can organically increase. Projected economic growth for 2011-2012 at 3 percent: $200 million revenue.
2.) Technology implementation across departments to increase efficiencies such as enterprise content management: $100 million savings.
3.) Enforcement of charges for abandoned/neglected property: $10 million revenue.
4.) A moratorium on TIF impact to the operating budget: $100 million revenue.
Gery Chico: Upon taking office I will examine every agency and every program and ask: What is the mission? What do I need to perform this mission? Each agency will be reorganized to accomplish their mission in a manner that is efficient and effective. As President of the Chicago Public Schools, I cut over 1,500 bureaucratic positions at the CPS Central Office, saving millions of dollars and re-routing resources to the classrooms.
Miguel del Valle: We cannot cut our way out of the current deficit. We will have to identify new revenue. I will only pursue new taxes and fees on a very limited basis. I have proposed that we consider a new Speculator’s Tax, similar to the
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