Greg Hinz: Paul Vallas’ new role might reveal something about his true political leanings – Crain’s

"The rap on Paul Vallas during the mayoral race was that despite calling himself “a lifelong Democrat,” he really was a not-so-closeted conservative Republican running in a city whose overall political slant is well to the political left.... But today he offered his critics a ton of ammunition suggesting that voters were right about him after all, with the announcement that he has taken a position with the Illinois Policy Institute as a policy adviser. The institute is a Chicago-based libertarian think tank that regularly argues for lower taxes, privatized pensions for government workers and school choice. It disputed “state-mandated lockdowns” during the COVID-19 pandemic."