Bill Quinlan
Candidate for Mayor, Chicago, on the ballot February 23, 2027
AI summary
The platform
Affordability: Quinlan would make Chicago more affordable by getting public safety, mental health, schools, and infrastructure to work together.
Safety: Mentorship, violence interruption, trauma-informed care, and community policing, aiming for the safest big city in the country.
Schools: Add vocational and technical classes.
Budget and growth: A 10-year budget plan instead of a choice between higher taxes and broad cuts, and a push to draw businesses, jobs, and people to the city.
Next to the other candidates
Only Quinlan: A 10-year city budget plan.
Schools: Quinlan would add vocational and technical classes, and Wilson would require a trade certification to graduate from high school.
Not covered: Transit and pensions, which most other candidates address.
the more perfect platform
Imported from quinlanforchicago.com
- Affordable Living: When city services work—when public safety, mental health, education, infrastructure and leadership, all function together—those services can save lives. Bill will work tirelessly to solve problems creatively with a…
- Safer Neighborhoods: Bill will prioritize mentorship, violence interruption, trauma-informed care, responsible technologies, and community policing to make Chicago the safest big city in the country. He will put Chicago to work building…
- Better Schools: Bill brings firsthand understanding of the challenges—and potential—of Chicago’s education system. He will expand educational opportunity to include vocational and technical classes. He'll ensure that every child, in…
- Stronger Finances: Chicago shouldn’t have to choose between higher taxes and indiscriminate cuts to stop the debt spiral. Bill will create a real 10-year budget plan, demand accountability, and shift resources toward the programs…
- Less Gridlock: Bill knows that Chicago is stuck right now. Failed leadership at the top is holding us back because they’re driven by political ambition and indebted to special interests. Bill has a proven record of breaking through the…
- More Growth: Bill will bring his decades of experience to grow the city of Chicago by making it the best place in the country to do business—large and small. He’ll work to attract jobs and people to the city instead of driving them…