The Final Sprint?

Neal Runs For Mayor

Neal and his team spent long days at the board of elections, defending their 18,000 signatures from a ballot challenge mounted by candidate Willie Wilson. Now the future of Neal's candidacy depends on a ruling from a handwriting expert and whether Neal can track down—in person—a few hundred to a couple thousand Chicagoans who signed his petitions. And if that's not enough stress, Neal and Wailin get into a friendly argument about transparency and why he didn't release his tax returns to the Chicago Tribune.

Show Notes

• Listen to "Neal Files For Mayor," the episode where Neal turns in his signatures (0:34)
• Listen to "A Cesspool for Human Error," the episode about the first stage in the petition defense process (0:41)
• The Chicago Tribune's 12/13/18 article "Financial Secrecy: 10 of 16 top Chicago mayoral candidates refuse to release full tax returns" (12:34)
• Neal's Questionnaires app (15:18)