Letters: In defense of Eileen O’Neill Burke

As a Chicagoan hopeful for the opportunity that our city has under Eileen O’Neill Burke’s leadership of the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, I object to Laura Washington’s ill-conceived attempt (“Cook County state’s attorney’s race is a test of the ‘Vallas effect,'” March 18) to turn voters against O’Neill Burke Burke at the eleventh hour by accusing her of espousing the beliefs of some of her supporters. Washington associates Burke with the phrase “tough on crime” because it’s a heavily politicized phase that could have the effect of scaring some...