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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What JB is not saying is that all the cameras are the old disposable ones that you have to have developed and some Polaroids. Some have built in flash!
What would that $15-$20 million be able to do for local law enforcement? More officers and more equipment seems a better way to spend the money. The disturbing part of this is we won’t know how they are actually using the video feed from cameras. They already have them at toll booths so why the needed surveillance?
Maybe it is so they can track how many people are leaving Illinois. They laughingly think the numbers are overstated. Not that people need another reason to leave, but here it is.
12.5 $M for 150 cameras is 83,000 per camera, but 20 $M in budget. If we have a camera act on the books (a law) we need another piece of legislature to add cameras? Let the Lack of Leadership governor JB tell us the effectiveness of such cameras, the conviction rate then the prison time for such cases.
Besides the ridiculous cost, what good are cameras when there are so many stolen vehicles used by criminals?
VOTE THE BUM OUT!