Big money in Chicago’s school board races
The Chicago Tribune interviewed RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan about the large amounts of campaign cash flowing into Chicago’s first-ever elected school board races.
The latest numbers are unsurprising, she said, “but it is alarming. And Illinois’ unique rule allowing contribution caps to be blown will just magnify the influence of big money in these races. What could get lost is all the other issues that are important to students and their families as all that money from the pro- and anti-charter school camps floods our airways and mailboxes.”
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