Araceli Reyes De La Cruz was slated for the countywide Roti vacancy. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the blog Sidebar as well.Licensed in Illinois since 2001, according to ARDC, De La Cruz currently serves as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer for the Acero Charter School Network, according to her campaign bio.
Before joining Acero, De La Cruz was Chief of General Prosecutions in the Division of Professional Regulation in the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Before that, De La Cruz was Chief of Safety and Security Compliance for the Chicago Transit Authority. She began her legal career in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, according to her campaign bio.
A lifelong resident of Albany Park, De La Cruz describes herself on the website as the "proud product of CPS." She has served on the Board of Directors of Casa Central Social Service Agency and, from 2006-2009, as a board member of the National Hispanic Prosecutor's Association.
Licensed in Illinois since 2003, according to ARDC, Ayala-Gonzalez has spent her legal career in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, currently serving as a Supervisor in the Felony Trial Division of that office.
Born to a single immigrant mother and raised in Texas, according to her campaign bio, Ayala-Gonzalez came to the Chicago area (Melrose Park) as a six-year old and became the first person in her family to finish high school, graduate from college, and obtain a law degree.
According to her campaign résumé, Ayala-Gonzalez partnered with Mujeres Latinas en Acción to hold panel discussions to "help renew bonds" between the Hispanic community and the CCASO. She has been a co-leader of the Government Lawyers Program with the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, a member of the Diversity Scholarship Foundation, and a mentor to the Lyons Township High School Mock Trial Team.
This is the cycle I should have run in. These candidates have less of a clue than any other in year's past. I am not talking about these two particular candidates. No, I'm just borrowing their post because it's the most recent.
ReplyDeleteI am talking about the 2020 candidates as a collective whole. Sure, a few are above the curve and will likely won. But the vast majority of them have no use for circulating petitions or vet their own signatures. They rely entirely on consultants that tell them what they want to hear . . . until the money runs out. Oh yes. I wish I was running this cycle. But man, when I return, I am going to pound the living hell out of so many of these suckers. Prediction: 2020 will see a large number of filers and an equally large number of those bounced off the ballot. And some of those recycled candidates from 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 are making the same mistakes as year's past. When will these old dogs start learning some new tricks?
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