Chicago Way w/John Kass: Don’t (bleep) with a pit bull’s reputation

About this episode

John Kass and Jeff Carlin discuss recent attacks on Paul Vallas and his potential candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.

Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/18/26): John Kass & Jeff Carlin are joined by former (possibly, future?) candidate for Mayor of Chicago, head of the public school systems in Chicago, Philadelphia and the Louisiana Recovery School District, Paul Vallas to talk about recent attacks on him, who he thinks might be behind it, and what he […]

People in this episode

Host: John Kass

Guests: Jeff Carlin, Paul Vallas

Topics covered

• politics
• Chicago mayoral race
• public education
• attacks on candidates
• reputation management

Keywords

• Chicago
• Paul Vallas
• mayor
• public schools
• politics
• attacks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Public Schools, Philadelphia, Louisiana Recovery School District

Places: Chicago

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