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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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Old Joe walked to school when he was a kid; uphill both ways. These little darlings can to.
To paraphrase Obummer, “yes you can!”
Not a surprise, this is the Democrat playbook in action.
Higher taxes = less services.
Hmmmm, where does all the extra tax money go?
Time to check the shoeboxes.
https://apnews.com/article/political-corruption-springfield-illinois-67b7c692a1858beac0b6d4524a84b527
Hey carjackers. You can make some money on the side now. Contact CPS.
Large-city public schools don’t belong in transportation business. CPS is not a rural school district containing one school campus serving a far-flung student population without operational walking-distance CPS schools nearby. CPS could save a TON of money by exiting its poorly-run and outrageously expensive school bus service-operation for its K-8 non-Special Ed students attending CPS’ handful of mission-specific Special Ed schools.
The bus routes can take up to an hour or more too.
Non-union drivers? It will never happen.
How about using those big empty things roaming the streets of Chicago … I believe they are called CTA buses.
We used them to get to and from school and work – I believe it’s called “public transportation,” and it’s hurting for riders.
A large proportion of the students being bussed are special needs students who attend schools that have the necessary programs and services not found in their neighborhood school. The CTA is not an appropriate or viable option for them.
Only a tiny percentage of CPS students, with physical and/or intellectual disabilities, are true “Special Education” students attending mission-specific programs at specifically-equipped and staffed “Special Ed” schools.
ADD and ADHD students are not physically or intellectually-disabled students.
There are a handful of schools that are specific to students with profound special needs, but those schools aren’t the only option for those types of students. Most of the bussed students are those with profound develomental disabilities, and are going to regular neighborhood elementary schools that have what are called “cluster” programs. Same program as the SpEd specific school, just within a RegEd setting.
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