Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s most recent effort to market Chicago was roundly ridiculed as a dud worthy of a refund — if only the advertising giant that created “Chicago Not in Chicago” hadn’t devised the confusing slogan pro bono.
On Monday, Lightfoot unveiled a campaign to “welcome back” tourists and business travelers returning to O’Hare and Midway Airport in droves and encourage them to experience Chicago’s strengths: “26 public beaches and no sharks”; hundreds of public parks; iconic museums; and the “world-renowned” Chicago hot dog sold at countless stands.
