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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I understand that Chicago will issue bulletproof vest to all tourists
Tourism in Illinois? People actually want to visit cornfields?
Tourism is completely dead now due to rampant violent crime. Have these idiots learned nothing from Cleveland and Detroit?
Keep jacking up fuel taxes and neighboring state tourism is what’s going to “rebound”. People will have to make choices about where to spend their “fun” money.
The only “tourists” that will come to Illinois will be people who moved to another state and then remembered that there is something they buried in their old back yard that they need to dig up and take with them
Pritzker COVID Lockdown Lunacy Trashed Illinois Tourism Industry
Couple year process, na maybe a couple decades.