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 understand that mobile repair charging trucks are now becoming more common on the roadways to quick charge doa ev’s
Why does the writer clamor for “Public Charging stations”? Why should the public pay for this? Let the free market ptovide if there is an economic reason and profit opportunity. Otherwise its just the dumb and continuing failure of socialism.
For the same reason assorted giveaways are granted to companies like Amazon
US is nowhere near ready for electric cars
— unaffordable
— dangerous battery fires
— short range/long charge times makes them useless for long trips
— US electric grid unable to handle load of EV charring — even if chargers were located where needed
— minerals needed for EVs would require mass scale strip mining that Eco-Tards would bottle up in court for decades
Two additional huge problems. – The elimination of ICE vehicles, which is the goal of the green zealots, is a national security issue. You would think that after a global pandemic that no one prepared for, large societal changes should be subject to “what ifs” on black swan events. Imagine an all EV California after a major earthquake. “Sorry, we can’t send out an emergency vehicle, it’s recharging”. – Many lower income Americans depend on used vehicles for their mobility. Here in North Carolina I regularly see 20 year old and older vehicles that lower income people depend on. In… Read more »
Solution, if you want an EV buy one, drive it, enjoy it. If you want an ICE, buy one, drive it, enjoy it. There are plenty of gas stations, I’ve seen about a dozen being built in the last 2 months or so. It appears that gas/diesel will still be king for quite awhile. If a business wants to install charging stations let them and let them bear the costs of such an install. The govt and taxpayer dollars should not fund EV charging stations, they don’t fund new gas stations. EV drivers should have to plan their driving habits… Read more »
I have no interest in the social experiment that is electronic vehicles. All I can think of is being stranded somewhere without the ability to get my car recharged. It isn’t only a distance dilemma. Too many what if scenarios that are very real. Biden, Pritzker and Mayor Petey can reassure me all they want. They have zero credibility, given that they won’t even call a recession a recession. I’m out.