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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Miller – biggest political hack in my lifetime.
Please reveal your sources of income Miller.
You are irrelevant. Meaningless, peddling nonsense.
Go away Rich. Please just go away.
I often wonder if he traded anything, other than his soul, for access.
People actually pay Rich Miller to write this silly meaningless nonsense?
First, Rauner got blamed when the population was allegedly declining during his tenure. Then when the initial 2020 census numbers came in last year and showed population loss was negligible, they were quick to write off the entire population decline story as if it was no big deal. Now it’s reported that the population went up, they are all jumping to take credit for a negligible increase of a number they had previously written off as no big deal, with zero acknowledgement that their claim against Rauner was apparently fraudulent. As if their mere presence was the cause for an… Read more »
This column is mostly nonsense. We will be writing more on this soon.
Don’t look too hard Mr. Miller, because the facts might come back into play. Facts like the millions Pritzker pumped into a campaign to count every single body in the 2020 census. I’m sure we all remember those commercials running non stop. There was no such effort in 2010, making any comparison between the two highly suspect. Mr. Miller knows this of course (he isn’t as dim as that picture at the bottom of the article suggests). Or facts from the IRS showing declines in the filings of income tax returns (why doesn’t the Illinois Dept. of Revenue show us… Read more »
Judging by the down-votes it is clear that Rich Miller reads Wirepoints and desperately wants to sit at the cool smart kids table in the cafeteria. Illinois is going to hell in a hand basket and Miller is part of the problem but he dreams of being on the right side of sanity. Plus with Mike Madigan gone he is adrift without a compass.
Here’s Rich again, letting us know that really it’s just about messaging.