Susana A. Mendoza

So that's, that's definitely gonna be an issue.

And this is, um, no incumbent in this race because Susana Mendoza, the current comptroller, said she is not running because she is running for mayor.

Mm-hmm.

It's a little bit of a game of chess here.

So I do have two audio clips, two candidates calling out the mayor on this budget thing here.

First up, it's the Illinois Comptroller, Susana Mendoza.

Did you know there are three steps that can help Chicago's pension crisis? Chicago's pension funds are only 28% funded, meaning the money we need to pay retired teachers, cops, and more is only 28% there.

The rest we borrow.

Uh, I ...

Anything you do in this, uh, subject is gonna get someone upset.

And again, Susana Mendoza, uh, does not want ...

Uh, y- I have to hear what her three steps are, then I could tell you who she's least afraid of getting upset.

And so we're seeing this with Mayor Brandon Johnson.

We know that Susana Mendoza hired a content creator to be chief of content for her campaign, and they're trying to loop in content creators as well.

And Alexi Janoulias, with that huge pot of money, $22 million, is looking to rope in some content creators, paid and unpaid, to make content with him and with the campaign.

So it will be very interesting as things start to gear up, especially because the laws surrounding this are very murky, and you're not required to say on social media when it comes to political campaigns that, hey, this is an ad, hey, I'm getting paid to say nice things about, you know, Alexi Janoulias, Susana Mendoza, Brandon Johnson, So it will be interesting to see how this continues to play out.

Which raises that question about authenticity.

Right.

I'm so excited.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza.

How are you, my friend?

I am so good.

[laughs]

... 'cause these things, I'm gonna work hard to negotiate.

Because I'm Susana Mendoza.

Right.

And Brandon, during that time, raised $300K.

Susana Mendoza, a little bit more than $300K.

You've got Mike Quigley, Willie Wilson, who is largely self-funded.

Joe Holberg, a lot of self-funding.

The thing that we found was none of those are doing direct spending in this election.

It would be false to say APAC is funding person XYZ, crypto is funding person XYZ, or AI is funding person XYZ.

It would be correct to say that The major donors of APAC and pro-Israel line packs have put in $2.5 million to Alexei Giannoulias and have put $348K into Susana Mendoza and have not put material amounts into anyone else.

It would be accurate to say that no crypto large donors have put into any of the candidates and no AI large donors have put into any of the candidates.

That's good advice, 'cause that's right, 'cause they always say, "Oh, we'll hire more police." Mm-hmm.

That's what Susana Mendoza is saying, and she might get the FOP, uh, nomination by the way, or endorsement I should say.

All right.

Uh, Glenn and then Bob.

Is there anybody right now that you're leaning toward?

I'm in full support of Susana Mendoza out of the group that we have running for mayor.

Why? I think she understands the finances better than anybody else.

I've known her for the better part of three decades, someone that answers the phone when I call.

We want Ray to

run for mayor, and Ray can turn it all around.

No, he's backing his girl Susana Mendoza, but she needs some money.

Are you trying to help her raise money?