The anti-gerrymandering group Common Cause gave Illinois an “F” grade, Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
Gerrymandering happens in every state but IL is particularly bad because of the crazy geographical districts they create to maintain their supermajority.
The loss of the IL supreme court hurts and cut off any chance to reclaim legitimate representation. The one path I can see to get back some power and representation is to drive the wedge in some of the borderline districts and sell the narrative that either pay for illegal immigrants or pensions but not both. The kicker has to be that retirement and pension income will be taxed. This splits the public union vs progressive/socialists and allows an opening for a moderate Democrat ( covert R). We need to take back power with a trojan horse style offensive. It’s… Read more »
The government unions would have it no other way. Rape and pillage the taxpayers at every turn. Long live the Democrats, they can have Illinois, till they retire then they move to a Red state for good reason.
Dem King Mikey Madigans years of hard work.
Hoping that corrupt lying POS Dem is in Marion next year.
He’ll be in a country club in North Carolina. But he deserves Marion or worse
I wish he would go to prison also, but unfortunately he will never see a cell he will be dead before that ever happens. His daughter Lisa needs to be investigated and imprisoned.