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’ve got bad news for my fellow Illinoisians. Cause and effect are not the strong suit of a Progressive pol.
OH BOY!, now the products are ‘systemically racist’ (or that’s what BJ’s implying)…what better place to start filing these lawsuits than Illinois.
Makes sense in Illinoisland. Consider guns kill people; not the person that pulls the trigger
This happens because POC want good things without hard study and labor. LBJ prediction that POC would vote Democrat for fifty years in exchange for handouts has proven correct.
Wanna blame someone for car theft — blame crime-enabling shit-bags like BJ the Race Clown
Dese kids is depraved on account a theys deprived.
https://www.songlyrics.com/west-side-story/gee-officer-krupke-lyrics/ Hey you, who me Officer Krupke? Yeah, you, give me one good reason For not draggin’ you down to the station house You punk Dear, dear, dear kindly Sergeant Krupke you gotta understand It’s just our bringin’ up-ke that gets us out of hand Our mothers all are junkies, our fathers all are drunks Golly Moses, naturally we’re punks Gee, Officer Krupke we’re very upset We never had the love that every child oughta get We ain’t no delinquents, we’re misunderstood Deep down inside us there is good There is good, there is good There is good, there is untapped… Read more »