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’d take Mexican Independence Day celebrations over BLM (Burn, Loot, and Mayham). The businesses may lose a night of business, but at least they still have a business in the morning.
This is called a ‘straw man’ argument. The are more than two choices. There is a third choice and that is neither.
If Trump was president, he would send ICE vans to round up illegals en masse
A friend’s bar business downtown was down 75% on a nice Friday evening. So that’s supposed to be a good thing?
And yet Saturday’s Chicago Trib headline honors these weekend-long enormous car-caravan traffic disruptions as important “cultural heritage” celebrations, worthy of everyone’s respect and accommodation.
It’s not a permit-authorized parade down The Loop’s State Street.
It’s major inconvenience for all downtown and Near North residents and businesses.
It’s cause of disrupted ambulance, fire and police services.
It’s unfortunate huge traffic jam for all us other Chicago residents, not even mentioning the revelers’ car horn and motor noise, the auto exhaust and dope smell, and the littering.
Another example of sad-sack Chicago.
Agree completely. The Mexican / Hispanic spokespeople they trot out say it is just people peacefully celebrating whatever. The restaurants and businesses say they just lost major business on the best night of the weekend because the cops had to shutdown car access because all all the uncontrolled mayhem. Johnson fails businesses again. Funny the Mexicans celebrate independence so vociferously for a country they ran away from because they themselves voted for soft on crime and corrupt politicians over the last 50 years. They will run away from sad-sack Chicago after they are done destroying it too.
If you import people from the 3rd world, you become the 3rd world. This is cultural diversity in action! What do you mean you don’t love it?