Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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 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.
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.
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This is why he will lose in November.
Voters know this is the only way he will be stopped.
JB has to continue the emergancy orders indefinitely because state distributes so much of fed covid arpa funds under emergancy order.
That’s easy Pritzker
Good darned question – the only answer that makes sense is “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
We’re at the ‘absolutely’ stage.
The way I look at it, any day Jabba is still governor, Illinois is in a state of emergency.