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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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So how many teachers reported for duty today? Whats the news? Wondering how many will lose their logon security tomorrow to get online. That is if Lightfoot really meant it or if she is all talk and no action. Not sure we’ll even find out if she revoked any logon id’s. She is deluding herself if she thinks CTU will back her in the next election. But she can get a heck of a lot of resident backing if she would start firing or revoking logon id’s. Non union substitutes can logon for those revoked id’s and continue the classes.
Lightfoot’s fundamental problem is that she doesn’t realize that CTU is her enemy. Who’s the boss here? Who is the employer and who is the employee? Lightfoot loves public sector unions so in her mind they should be revered but she isn’t acting on the fact that CTU hates her because CTU’s preferred puppet, Toni Taxwinkle, was trounced by the voters in the last election. Sharkey is still infuriated that the voters dared to reject his hand picked Mayor. Lightfoot is being hesitant in some misguided and foolish belief that offending CTU will hurt her in the 2022 election. The… Read more »
Chicago Parents,
WAKE UP! CTU and Lightfoot are both losers. Your kids are losing! Not sure why you do not stand up and throw them all out- But i guess you deserve who you vote for…
Fools in the City!
CTU might need a bit more time to put together another interpretive dance video…that is what is important. Teaching in school, doing their jobs…nah…interpretive dance, that’s where it’s at…that’s what is important. The solution is either go back to work or fire them, but no one has the stones. It’ll just go on and on…get comfortable.
Perhaps an interpretive scissoring video.
YEAH, THAT’S THE TICKET !
The key to getting the teachers back is to completely eliminate remote learning access. When that is gone, everyone has no choice but to return. That makes it fair for everyone. Its those damn computers keeping everyone at home, or digitally truant. Lightfart holds the online network, shut it down, its not a lock out because that is legally defined as the buildings which will be open. Shut it down and tell everyone enough of this playing around.