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Said neighbor Ruth Torres, “They had Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, they had so many. And it was like, Wow, these are books that I grew up reading that transformed my life and my perspective. I was like, Why would they get rid of these in that fashion? There’s so many different ways to distribute books that are not in use.”
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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I’m envious, I’ve got hundreds of books I’d love to toss. Somehow it just doesn’t feel right to toss something you like and would gladly share. I still purchase books too! The shelves are full and sagging, I try to keep the piles of books in neat stacks but they fall over. Ya know who hates books? People who can’t read! CPS.
With social media I assume it would be pretty easy for these schools to find someone to take these books. Really would like to know why no one made an effort.
Bolsheviks create nothing. They simply destroy.
They were afraid a bonfire would be a little too obvious.
They’re making room for more anti-racist books and the 1619 project.
They are marxist and only want to indoctrinate the students with revised history and a warped view of our Country.