Toni Preckwinkle's new ad about 2004 fatal fire draws ire from family at center of it
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new TV ad released by Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle's campaign is drawing ire from the family whose tragedy is at the center of it.
The ad, Preckwinkle's first in more than a week, attacks her opponent, Lori Lightfoot, over a 2004 fire on the West Side that killed three children in the Funches family. The family says they were never contacted or consulted about the ad.
Preckwinkle's ad goes after Lightfoot because she was the chief of staff at the Office of Emergency Management and Communication when the fatal fire happened.
With dramatic music playing in the background, the Preckwinkle ad shows the fire on Chicago's West Side that killed three Funches children and another boy.
Read more: https://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-preckwinkle-tv-ad-draws-ire-from-family-at-center-of-2004-tragedy/5223181/