>>> SOME VOTERS GOT A FIRE IN THE MAIL THAT SHOWCASES THE FACT THAT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE JESSICA êJESSIEî FUENTES WAS ARRESTED FOR BATTERY AS A 17-YEAR-OLD.

THEY WERE PAID FOR BY THE POLICE UNION, THE BOOSTER CAMPAIGN OF JULIAN PEREZ, THERE.

TO REPRESENT 2024.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW.

TELL US ABOUT THESE FLYERS THAT ARE GOING AROUND.

>> THE POLICE MADE A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO JULIAN PEREZ'S CAMPAIGN TO USE THAT MONEY TO SEND THE FLYERS SHOWCASING THE ARREST RECORDS OF JESSICA BACK TO 2008 AND 2009 WHEN SHE WAS 17 AND 18 YEARS OLD.

IN 2010, SHE WAS ARRESTED ON A WARRANT AND CHARGED WITH VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, WITHOUT INSURANCE.

>> NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE THESE AT THIS POINT.

JESUS, HE IS NOT DISPUTING THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

CSA THEY ARE ACCURATE.

ASSISTED TO HER RESPONSE.

>> I HAVE HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF TRAUMA TO COPE WITH THE ANGER AND SADNESS .

>> HEATHER, THE POLICE UNIONS PICK, JULIAN êJUMPINî PEREZ, THE RETIRED HOUSE MUSIC DJ .

>> THEY SAY THIS IS RELEVANT INFORMATION.

I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD DISAGREE.

SHE SAYS THIS HISTORY AND HER LIVED EXPERIENCE MAKES HER THE BEST CANDIDATE.

THAT IS WHERE THIS SORT OF A RECORD IS NOT UNUSUAL.

>> OBVIOUSLY FOR MAYOR PAUL VALLAS, THE 2026 CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL , ARE THEY SPREADING AROUND CASH?

>> SO FAR THEY HAVE SPENT MORE THAN $120,000.

MOST OF THAT REPORTED TODAY, FRIDAY.

THAT MEANS THEY ARE MAKING REAL PLACE TO LET THEIR SUPPORTERS TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT HOSTILE TO THEIR DEMANDS.

>> HAVE THE CONTRIBUTED MONEY TO THE CAMPAIGN?

>> THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE PAUL VALLAS WAS THEIR LAWYER WHEN THEY RENEGOTIATED THEIR POLICING IN CONTRACT.

IT HAS NOT TRANSLATED INTO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT DALLAS IS NOT HURTING FOR MONEY AT THIS POINT.

MAYBE THEY FEEL THEIR MONEY IS BETTER SPENT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> TOOK A BIGGER CALCULATION, GETTING ALL THAT MONEY FROM THE BIGGER CORPORATE IN THE