Private companies should be allowed to build their own infrastructure or rent public infrastructure. But they shouldn’t be allowed to purchase public infrastructure. Imo

Be nice if Chicago had the same attitude towards our highways ):

That’s because Cannabis is not a substance with a strong chemical addiction. There has been a significant increase in cannabis usage. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/ss/ss6511a1.htm

Strictly, Cannabis isn’t really any worse than alcohol.

Heroin is far worse. Drugs are addictive, and when available legally it will encourage more people to try them.

Tell that to those who think trump would save Gaza

Freely available heroin is not a good thing. Drug addiction would get significantly worse. Decriminalize possession, criminalize distribution. That’s a more balanced approach

That says a lot more about how bad off Americans are retirement wise rather than my statement being wrong.

The only reason millionaires shouldn’t exist is to abolish capitalism, which while reasonable does not sound like what your only meaning is

Millionaire doesn’t equal business owner. Anyone who’s 45 with a decent retirement fund is a millionaire.

Frontal visibility is not where the dangers end. Heavier, larger cars deal more damage in accidents. The longer cars are less maneuverable, which increases the chance of an accident. It makes more car to clip into bikes as well.

Heavier vehicles create more rubber waste byproduct that goes into the air, damaging children’s development more as well, for the more hidden side of damage.

Mini vans make for more dangerous roads. They reduce safety for everyone else. Buying a mini van is participating in endangering children, same as buying a pick-up truck.

My job has. Unions go hard. They will never get it, you have to take it.

Bappy enough that they only shopped there, causing all the small businesses in their areas to close.

It’s a mix of both. They’re disappearing people, yes, but parts of the operation are still running more closer to normal and just deporting people how they always have ish. Nonetheless horrifying

Again with the wild accusations. Like when you pretend I’m racist, you bought into kat’s online image and think she’s the only one who will do anything.

If you think using your campaign funds to give back to people is vote buying, you’re not thinking from the view of a community.

“Give back” is not what she’s doing though. She’s pretending things aren’t supplied, and buying them to give away. Things that are already given.

… I don’t have problems with comprehension., for the things at my level… that wasn’t what I was trying to say

She’s not pushing anything to the left. Again, not special for the district in question. Against the other front runners she’s about the same, possibly only more left on immigration.

She’s blatantly.vote buying, pretending she’ll have the power to do things she will not and buying things with campaign funds to just give out… That’s vote buying in my opinion. Over promising too far to be reasonable. Her lying about moving into the district is also just off the bat lying, also not ideal for a politician.

I’m closest to a high b1 level likely. I don’t fit into traditional levels very well in the n system as it focuses primarily on comprehension without no speaking input. And my knowledge acquisition is random. I would pass an n2, and would certainly fail n1. I consider it a 2nd language because I can communicate complex thoughts in it.

honestly it seems like you are kind of obsessed with her.

I’m annoyed with how people push her as a forefront of progressive politics when her politics are relatively normal. It’s extremely relevant to me because I live in il-9, which will obviously make me much more invested than a typical lemmy user.

Do you believe she would oppose bike lanes and walkability?

No, but I’d rather a candidate who consistently and strongly pushes rather than being passively supportive

but you haven’t been painting her as just someone with boilerplate politics

I’m pretty sure I stated her politics were neomal for the district multiple times in this convo.

I live in Switzerland, we have no Lobbying laws, that happens all the time here, but what gives you the idea Kat has been bought?

It’s not as much I think she’s bought as much as I think it demonstrates a lack of loyalty to the community typical to be people who end up corrupt. Basically, a risk factor.

I’m pretty sure all languages originating in Europe use the system.

English is my native language, but Japanese is my 2nd

… Islamic? Her last name is Islamic? You think I knew that?

And voting based on that is childish if you agree with the policies.

Childish to vote against someone who doesn’t care to actually research the community or live in it? No, that’s not childish. Not when there’s candidates with actively proven records like biss, who’ve shown to be strong on issues I care about like bike lanes and walk ability…

Instead of just dodging what policies you disagree

I made a clear answer to the question. Stop pretending I didn’t. Clearly they are hard for you to understand. I made it clear. Her issues are boilerplate, not special in the district. So it’s better to vote for a local who understands the other issues at play, not just immigration, especially when we have people on the ballot with proven records.

so you’ve been argueing with someone on a different continent

So? The only thing that matter for is if you don’t understand that politicians are meant to represent their districts, or if you don’t understand the history of how bad, bought politicians tend to love to live outside of the areas of their districts.

I love how now you pretend you’re fluent after claiming to not speak English. Nice. I don’t know the ranking, the languages I know do not use it.

… All of them? Like it’s actually funny. You see her most because she’s an influencer. Not because she’s the only one active. Probably helps that she’s not yet been elected so she doesn’t have any official duties to perform, unlike many of the other candidates, she has more free time.

https://evanstonnow.com/biss-to-ice-get-the-hell-out-of-evanston/

He’s also been out protesting, also got wacked by ice a bit… And you don’t see him on the news as much.

When we have candidates with such strong, proven records of improving cities, who also will protect them as kat would. Why would we go with an unproven influencer?

neighbours being disappeared by the state based on their race" isn’t the most important issue in their community.

I’m not, and never will be, a single issue voter, but my a major part of my point is that there is no difference between her immigration stance and the other candidates.

https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/22/il-9-congressional-forum/

Read this to see some more.

Quite literally, the reason is stated. She doesn’t live in the area.

She’s not gonna throw you off a roof because of her last name by the way, just to be clear.

I am not a racist despite your rabid accusations

You not speaking English seems to be very related to your lack of understanding

Clergy are a line almost nobody wants to cross since they’re passive and have sacrificed a lot to prove that

Yeah passively protecting pedophiles.