Program Overview
Ken Davis is joined by Mayoral candidate Dr. Willie Wilson. Wilson is highly critical of Mayor Emanuel, who he accuses of handing out contracts and opportunities to his friends and associates while ignoring minority communities. Wilson says he favors an elected school board and strong community participation in the management of the police department, a department that he’d split into four separate entities, each with its own superintendent. He says he’d re-open the 50 schools Emanuel closed in 2013, converting them into training schools for the trades. He tells us that he sees no need for new taxes, including the graduated income tax, because the budgets can be balanced with existing revenue. He says he approves of ex-governor Pat Quinn’s petition drive to term-limit the Mayor’s office, and pledged that he’d limit himself to two terms if elected. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).