Johnson Hopes Watchdog’s Finding That City ‘Accurately and Transparently’ Accounted for Migrant Crisis Spending Prompts Reevaluation – WTTW (Chicago)

“I understand the frustration that Black people felt during that mission. I do. I do,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “We don’t ask for much. We don’t. We just don’t want our schools to close. We want opportunities, good paying jobs. ... For Black Chicago in particular, it kind of felt a way that government was able to turn on resources in a moment’s notice that our communities have been starved for decades. And I tried desperately to live in my values, even though it cost me politically. It did. It did cost me.”