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Her professional career has spanned multiple roles in law and public service, including work as an attorney, prosecutor, and civil servant.\n\nAs mayor of Chicago, Lightfoot served a single term from 2019 to 2023, leading one of the largest cities in the United States during that period.","In 2019, Lori Elaine Lightfoot was sworn in as the 56th mayor of Chicago, a position she held until 2023.",{"@graph":12,"@context":46},[13,23],{"@id":14,"name":6,"@type":15,"sameAs":16,"birthDate":21,"description":22},"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56486914","Person",[14,17,18,19,20],"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot","https://viaf.org/viaf/20147905262879092457/","https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016060266","https://d-nb.info/gnd/1214606571","1962-08-04","Mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023",{"@type":24,"author":25,"headline":28,"isBasedOn":29,"mainEntity":30,"reviewedBy":31,"articleBody":9,"dateCreated":32,"dateModified":33,"additionalProperty":34,"creativeWorkStatus":45},"Article",{"name":26,"@type":27},"Editorial Team","Organization","Lori Lightfoot — biography",[14,17,19],{"@id":14},{"name":26,"@type":27},"2026-05-25T01:25:36.456442+00:00","2026-05-25T01:44:34.746186+00:00",[35,39,42],{"@type":36,"value":37,"propertyID":38},"PropertyValue","Q56486914","wikidata",{"@type":36,"value":40,"propertyID":41},"1.000","factscore",{"@type":36,"value":43,"propertyID":44},"claude-sonnet-4-6","draftModel","AI-drafted, auto-published","https://schema.org","lori-lightfoot",null,[],{"quotes":51,"pagination":115},[52,60,66,73,79,85,91,97,103,109],{"id":53,"quote_text":54,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":48},3799983,"While I am opposed to elected officials running for multiple offices simultaneously, or within several months of one another, I do not support a state law making it illegal.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":48},3799982,"I do not support the city's red light camera system. This system was sold to Chicagoans as a public safety solution, but it's always really been about revenue, and we've seen that fines fall disproportionately on people of color.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":72},3799981,"As I examine progressive revenue options, I want to make sure wealthy individuals and businesses pay their fair share, that we reduce the burden on low-income and middle-class families, and not drive businesses from Chicago or create a disincentive for businesses to invest in our city.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote from Lori Lightfoot, the first African American woman to serve as Mayor of Chicago, likely originated from her 2020 campaign speeches or policy statements. At that time, Lightfoot was facing significant challenges in addressing the city's fiscal crisis, which had been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her goal was to balance the need to generate revenue with the need to protect vulnerable populations and foster economic growth.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat's often overlooked in this quote is the tension between the need to raise revenue and the risk of driving businesses away or discouraging investment. Lightfoot is not advocating for a simplistic \"tax the rich\" approach, but rather a nuanced strategy that acknowledges the importance of creating a business-friendly environment while ensuring that those who can afford to pay do so.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider the following strategy: when facing a difficult decision that requires balancing competing priorities, try to identify the underlying trade-offs and paradoxes involved. By acknowledging and addressing these tensions explicitly, you can develop a more comprehensive and effective solution that takes into account the needs of all stakeholders.",{"id":74,"quote_text":75,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":76,"source":77,"quote_tag":78,"commentary":48},3799980,"I support progressive revenue sources that ease the burden on low-income and working-class individuals and families who are least able to shoulder the burden of regressive taxes and fees.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":80,"quote_text":81,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":82,"source":83,"quote_tag":84,"commentary":48},3799979,"I've wanted to be a parent for a really long time, and I'm going to make sure I'm doing everything I can to be present in her life, to be her mother. I don't want to be absent from her life.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":86,"quote_text":87,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":88,"source":89,"quote_tag":90,"commentary":48},3799978,"One of the challenges I think we have is people feel like the act of governance is a zero sum game. 'Whatever I get, you're not getting.' Changing that dynamic is going to be critically important for me as a leader, so that people don't feel they're pitted against each other.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":92,"quote_text":93,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":94,"source":95,"quote_tag":96,"commentary":48},3799977,"I don't think I'll be a good mayor if I don't live my authentic life, and that's got to be involved with having fun with my spouse and my daughter.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":98,"quote_text":99,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":100,"source":101,"quote_tag":102,"commentary":48},3799976,"I gotta be me. I'm going to go to ball games, because that's what I do. I'm going to go to live music shows, because I love live music.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":104,"quote_text":105,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":106,"source":107,"quote_tag":108,"commentary":48},3799975,"Look, there's no question that we have a challenge with gun violence. But there's a lot more nuanced parts of that narrative, and that's the part that I think that we have to make sure that we emphasize along with all the great things that are going on in Chicago, particularly in our neighborhoods.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":110,"quote_text":111,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":112,"source":113,"quote_tag":114,"commentary":48},3799974,"My view is I should have been Miss Massillonian, and I wasn't. I think the reason I wasn't was because I was black. Frankly, I was told later I should have been. But they were afraid if they elected a black girl as Miss Massillonian, it would have been a scandal.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"currentPage":116,"totalPages":117,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":117},1,10]