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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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This is just pure insanity.
Yes. It would be interesting to hear Stacy Davis Gates explain the thinking behind denying law enforcement access to information to help find killers shooting at schools. Hey, union defenders, help me out here. What’s the explanation?
Maybe it’s better to have one murderer go free than traumatize the student population with police presence. Or maybe the school believes that murder is an internal matter and they can handle the discipline themselves. Or, in my opinion, maybe the school administration has taken a side in this gang dispute already, choosing to protect one warring gang faction over another. One thing that you and I in our little bubbles don’t truly appreciate how much gangs and gang life is intertwined into every day life in these communities. Everyone in these communities knows gang members, has gang members in… Read more »
Once again you display your ignorance for all to see. You have a serious learning comprehension issue that doesn’t allow you to understand the difference between CTU and CPS. I don’t know if anyone can help you out if you’re unwilling to learn. CPS administration made this decision not the teachers union. Do you have any proof that CTU was involved or is your hatred for teachers and their right to unionize so strong that you lack the ability to compose a rational thought?
Your issue is with CPS administration. Once again, try to learn the difference.
PPF, you are hilarious. You still expect us to believe that unions, led by the CTU, don’t control everything that happens or doesn’t happen in the schools. And Joe Biden is sharp as a tack too.
These days there’s not much difference between CPS and the CTU.
We can safely assume that’s one school that agitated for a police free campus.