It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
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Nothing like a little classic misdirection to deflect attention from the real part of the magic trick from our RTA board. That’s entirely what this deck chair shuffling accomplishes. Never mind that the stern is out of the water and the big plunge into the dark cold water is completely visible even to the most oblivious of chumbolones. The first question that should be asked of our RTA board is what the headcount reduction will look like if they accomplish this non-reform reform. If they don’t know, that’s because (surprise!) there isn’t one. This is a money grab from the… Read more »
It’s just another money grab by the “ usual
Gang of idiots”, no matter who runs the RTA
The Chicago mugger mover, will never run
Correctly. The people who are hired cannot
Walk and chew gum at the same time.
I attended a retirement party of a CTA electrical engineer in 1985 who told me
“ in 30 years this system will stop working”
This was due to the lack of knowledgeable
Employees, he was off by 9 years.
They only want suburban money, period.