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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Fran Spielman

DARK SECRETS: Four candidate mayoral forum turns into two way conversation after no shows | Rare Historical Photos

Community activist Ja’Mal Green and retiring Ald. Roderick Sawyer, son of former mayor Eugene Sawyer, had the stage to themselves during a mayoral forum Thursday at the University of Chicago. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

What was supposed to be a forum for four of the nine mayoral candidates turned into a two-way conversation about Chicago’s problems after two invited candidates were last-minute no-shows.

Scheduling conflicts kept Cook County Commissioner and Chicago Teachers Union organizer Brandon Johnson and millionaire businessman Willie Wilson away from the forum at the University of Chicago sponsored by WBEZ, the Chicago Sun-Times and the U of C’s Institute of Politics.

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