Chicago's new mayor Lori Lightfoot|Chicago Reader photo
CHICAGO – Chicago will welcome its first black, female and openly-gay mayor into office Monday.
Lori Lightfoot and her wife Amy Ashleman will welcome visitors to Lightfoot new office Monday afternoon – a furniture move that will have been provided by an all-women moving crew, Lightfoot's office said.
During the inauguration Monday morning, Lightfoot will be sworn into office on the Bible she received after her 1980 graduation from an high school in Ohio – a "subtle touch," says Shia Kapos of Politico.
The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus will be one of the performers at the inauguration.
Lightfoot says she will focus on public safety, transparency in government, invigorating neighborhoods, and tackling the city's finances.
She says she doesn't want to raise property taxes, but it's a possibility. After all, the city is in dire financial straits. The budget deficit is more than $700 million Lightfoot said last week.
“I know that number has been put out by the current administration, but it’s not $700 million. It’s worse than that. I’m not sure why they choose to put that number out because it’s not accurate,” Lightfoot said in the Sun-Times.
Making Chicago history as a black Lesbian isn't the only new path Lori Lightfoot will pioneer – she's also facing unprecedented financial challenges.
Even she admitted in a pre-inauguration solo performance Sunday night that she'll need someone to "watch over her" as she crooned to her wife.
Video made available by Politico's Shia Kapos:
