It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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Those wounded included a Chicago Police officer and a Chicago Fire Department paramedic.
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
He community was simply displaying their extreme disappointment in the Bears. Lori will blame Trump. The CFD delivers the wounded to St. Rogers where he boys come to finish the job. No prisoners or survivors! Chicago Values. Lori?
heyjackass.com has the weekend’s “Final Peaceful Talley” at 10 dead with 62 more shot (so far). Closer to the truth than any legacy news/tv site. I guess the news stops counting at the stoke of midnight. HJ also shows 76 killed in September and 601 this year, so far.
That number is now at 644. Dont worry, Foxx says all is well.
And do Preckwinkle, Foxx, Evans, Lightfoot, or Big-foot Brown really care? Nope. They all know “Chicago” means lots and lots of street-crime and gang shootings, that it’s just part of Chicago urban culture of “letting it hang”.
Which is why my response any more to the carnage is a giant yawn and an “LOL”…