Toni Brooks
Candidate for Mayor, Chicago, on the ballot February 23, 2027
AI summary
The platform
The idea: Audit City Hall for money sitting unused and move it into neighborhoods, without raising taxes.
First example: Eliminate 500 to 700 long-vacant city positions to free $45 million, then give 12,000 family caregivers a $3,500 credit, off property taxes for owners and off rent for renters.
Still to come: Three pillars called Dignity, Dollars, and Defense are announced but not yet published.
Next to the other candidates
Only Brooks: A tax credit for family caregivers.
Cash to households: Carlisle backs guaranteed income, Cardenas proposes $3,000 yearly stipends for working families, and Brooks proposes a $3,500 credit for family caregivers.
Similar approach: Quigley, Mendoza, and Cardenas also look for money inside the existing budget, through a savings report, a waste program called TRIM, and a new Auditor General.
Not covered so far: Police, housing, schools, transit, and pensions, which most other candidates address.
the more perfect platform
Imported from brooksforchicago.com
- Chicago Audit & Exchange: Chicago doesn't have a resource problem, it has an outdated playbook. Past leaders made decisions to manage an entirely different era with different crises. Co-written alongside The People during 2.5 years of listening…