Engineers have spent nearly 50 years and billions of dollars building huge tunnels and reservoirs to protect this city from flooding.
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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Giant holes in the ground where tax dollars have been thrown into for decades
Sounds like city streets.
Only problem I’ve ever seen that can be solved with major tax increases.
Thought those sewer cap restrictors, installed by Streets & San Dept, restrict rain flow into street sewers, which worsened chances of rainwater draining into bassements of residential homes. Furthermore, Chicago officials knew doing so would increase likelihood of basement flooding. Historically, old-timer homeowners in Chicago screwed 4′ vertical-length of plumbing-pipe into basement floor sewer-drains, intending to exceed elevation of street outside, to prevent gravity backflow from street sewer system. Worked for us. Since Chicago has combined sewer (sanitary + sewer water) backflow into basements usually results in free-floating toilet sewage in your basement space. If basement flood water is “clean”,… Read more »
Whenever I read about Chicago it always needs more money.
When I was a kid, it was Ozone and acid rain. The Ozone hole is getting smaller. Acid rain is down 68%. Oprah, Obama, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and others are fighting over ocean front property and disregarding rising sea levels, so think what you want.
Read this article earlier this morning when I was flipping through the Journal.
Journal should change the headline to, “Illinois Blames Expensive Engineering Investment’s Poor Results On Climate Change”.
As, of course, one would expect Illinois to do. You can’t dispute ‘climate change.’
Probably won’t even be able to talk about ‘climate change’ in Illinois in a couple of weeks.
Not without calling one of the 1st Amendment law firms WP posted, to defend you from something-or-other the Dem’s have done to identify stuff we’re not allowed to say.