Mayor Lori Lightfoot can’t be blamed if she was taken aback when the city’s longtime chief labor negotiator, attorney Jim Franczek, glowingly talked up Paul Vallas to veteran Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman.
Sure, publicly calling Vallas a “clear choice” to lead Chicago could be seen as tacky and inappropriate since Franczek is still working for Lightfoot — although it’s not like he was praising her opponent, since she was eliminated in the first round of the mayoral race in February.
