“I know what it feels like to struggle, to live paycheck to paycheck and worry about whether or not you’re going to be able to pay your bills, pay your rent, make sure the utilities are (paid),” Lightfoot said in reference to her childhood as she stood behind the bar. “Areas like this have not been made a priority, and we need to change that, but the way we’re going to get there is not by voting for the same old same old. We need change in our city.”