Bill to give Chicago an elected school board fails again as backers cast blame on Mayor Lightfoot: ‘Why are Chicago politicians so afraid of democracy?’ – Chicago Tribune*

When Lightfoot announced a hand-picked new school board shortly after taking office in 2019, the mayor said she still supported the elected school board she backed in her campaign. Yet she opposed a bill passed in the House that year that would have created a 21-member elected board, calling the proposal “unwieldy.”
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I'm no Senator's Son
5 years ago

Only an elected school board is fair. This is like the days when segregation withheld good education from black children.
Not allowing the parents to vote and the community tax payers tells me she wants a form of segregation. This is where only one person, a politician get’s the vote. Oh wait, that’s like Nancy Pelosi!

The True Believer
5 years ago

The lazy loser uneducated black and brown community make nothing but demands for a group that contributes nothing to society but takes from it. They want, want , want. School board seats, pot licenses because they are criminals, no cash bail, reparations. They need jail.

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