Joe Holberg
Candidate for Mayor, Chicago, on the ballot February 23, 2027
AI summary
The platform
Economy: Cut red tape for businesses, recruit national and global companies, and train workers for growing fields like quantum, clean energy, and AI.
Budget: Freeze and then lower property taxes, reduce spending, and work with unions and the state on pensions.
Schools and safety: Get chronically absent students back in class. Community policing, violence prevention, mental health crisis teams, and a cleaner, safer CTA.
Growth: Reverse Chicago's population loss with more visitors, big events, and an easier move for new residents. Build more housing in every neighborhood.
Next to the other candidates
Only Holberg: A plan aimed at growing the city's population.
Taxes: Holberg and Wilson promise lower taxes. Mendoza, Kelly, and Brewer say relief comes from a bigger tax base, and Carlisle proposes a new income tax tied to pension reform.
Mental health: Holberg, Quigley, and Carlisle would send mental health teams to crisis calls. Quigley and Carlisle would also reopen neighborhood mental health clinics.
the more perfect platform
Imported from joeforchicago.com
- Grow Our City and Economy: We need to encourage new businesses to choose Chicago and make it easier and more affordable to build and grow a business in the city. From small businesses to large corporations, a relentless focus on supporting and…
- Great Schools for Every Family in Chicago: We need to refocus our collective attention on students. This means supporting them and their families so that they can reach academic outcomes that set them up for success and give them robust choices and pathways as…
- A City Budget Without Reckless Debt: We need a sustainable and responsible city budget that focuses on the long-term financial health of the city, not short-term politics. This will be incredibly hard, but it is imperative to restoring the city's ability to…
- Build More Housing for All Chicagoans: We must build significantly more housing in Chicago to address the widening housing affordability crisis. Every Chicagoan deserves a safe, affordable place to call home while working to ensure residents are not displaced…
- Public Safety & Crime: Implement a comprehensive approach to public safety that addresses both immediate security needs and underlying social and economic factors. Key Ideas: Focus on making CTA clean, safe, and reliable for the 1 million bus…
- Population Growth: Chicago used to have 3.6 million residents and we have to reverse our population decline in order to thrive and reach our potential as a city. Growing our population is a key pathway to making the city more vibrant…
- Climate Transition Planning & Clean Energy Production: We need to lead in environmental protection, planning for the changing climate, and creating more clean energy to fuel industry and people's lives in a sustainable and low-cost way. Key Ideas: Accelerate the transition…
- Transportation & Infrastructure: Revamp CTA operations with a focus on speed, reliability, and safety. Key Ideas: Improve CTA reliability and expand service to underserved areas: Invest in bike infrastructure and pedestrian safety: Modernize…
- Youth Opportunity & Violence Prevention: Create opportunities for youth enrichment through after-school programs, improved access to youth sports, vocational training, summer jobs, internships/externships, and mentorship. Key Ideas: Launch youth development…
- Position Chicago as a leader in industries of the future: Chicago is strategically positioned geographically, with a diverse economy, and strong academic institutions to continue to attract top talent and capital to innovate and create new technologies to keep us at the…