(Chicago Sun Times) — Cook County’s next chief executive, to be decided in the Nov. 2 election, won’t take office until December, but already the three candidates are navigating the political and financial minefield that will greet them on Day 1: shoring up a budget with a projected deficit as high as $400 million.
Democratic nominee and Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) — likely to win the seat if history is any predictor — calls the task of finalizing the budget with the County Board by the February deadline “daunting.”
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