Will Guzzardi

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Guzzardi earned his Bachelor's in Comparative Literature from Brown University. His professional experience includes working in communications at the University of Chicago, as a reporter at Huffington Post Chicago and has tutored children in after school programs.[1]

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Guzzardi's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[15]

Strengthening Our Schools

Excerpt: "Demand an immediate moratorium on the school closings that are devastating our communities."

Excerpt: "Fight for the return of TIF surplus money to public schools to fund the restoration of arts, foreign languages, and physical education programs."

Excerpt: "Push for an elected school board to give Chicagoans a voice in the decisions made about our children's education"

Tackling Our Budget

Excerpt: "Fight for a fair income tax, with higher rates for higher earners and lower rates for lower earners."

Excerpt: "Put an end to corporate tax loopholes and breaks that allow 60% of Illinois corporations to avoid paying any income tax at all."

Excerpt: "Work for a solution to fund our pensions that honors our state's constitutionally protected contract with the working people who have paid into the system out of every paycheck, and who in most cases are ineligible for other retirement benefits like Social Security."

Making Government Accountable

Excerpt: "Push for stronger rules prohibiting legislators from voting on bills that could directly benefit their own financial interests and the interests of their immediate family."

Excerpt: "Limit the amount of money that political parties can donate to candidates."

Excerpt: "Put an end to legislative scholarships and other taxpayer-funded handouts that benefit only the clouted and connected."

Keeping Our Neighborhoods Safe

Excerpt: "Support and encourage community policing efforts, so that our officers can work more closely with our neighbors and community leaders."

Excerpt: "Offer counseling and supportive services to first-time, non-violent teenage offenders to keep them away from gangs and help them stay in school."

Excerpt: "Fight foreclosures by making banks sit down at the table and negotiate manageable mortgages with homeowners, keeping families in their homes and communities intact."

Creating Jobs And Growing The Economy

Excerpt: "Back public programs to rebuild our state’s infrastructure while bringing jobs to Illinoisans and boosting the state’s economy."

Excerpt: "Offer incentives to banks to lend more freely to small businesses, the biggest source of new jobs."

Excerpt: "Invest in education at every level, to help our working families develop the skills to succeed in the modern economy."

Guzzardi's website listed the following issues:[16]

Strengthening our Schools

Excerpt: "Will believes that strong schools make strong communities, and that every child deserves a quality public education."

Keeping our Neighborhoods Safe

Excerpt: "Will believes that all of our families and seniors should feel safe in their communities. The most effective path to safer streets is with good community-based policing, more outreach programs for at-risk youth, and active community involvement."

Making Government Accountable

Excerpt: "When elected officials betray the public trust our communities suffer, and our ability to use local government to be part of the solution deteriorates."

Creating Jobs and Promoting Economic Development

Excerpt: "Good jobs are the anchors of strong families and healthy communities, and the best driver of economic growth in our communities."

Protecting Seniors

Excerpt: "Just as we have an obligation to our children, we also must care for those who came before us and provided for our own futures."