Johnson blasts mayoral rival Giannoulias without naming him

Mayor Brandon Johnson charged Monday that the same billionaire business interests that closed schools and mental health clinics under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel are trying to “take us back to a time of trauma and torment” and declared that Chicago is “not going back.” Johnson never mentioned Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias by name. But, on the day after Giannoulias entered the race with a promise to confront the thorny issue of school closings, Johnson used the comment to his…