Ted was on with Dan and Amy to talk about the the diminishing enrollment numbers at Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Lightfoot’s proposal to add affordable housing downtown, the damage the SAFE-T Act will do to Illinoisans’ safety and more.
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- McDonald’s and the Crisis of Chicago – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
- The scream and Chicago’s “Great Unraveling” – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
- Chicago not a “hellhole,” but the facts show it’s a living hell for far too many people
At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the university student protests erupting across the nation on the Israel/Palestine conflict, why it’s so dangerous for society if the media abandons facts in favor of narratives, why that allows government to spin away the problems like crime and financial crises, why it causes the voting public to become apathetic, and more.
When you hear the complaints from Illinois politicians, remember the hypocrisy: 40,000 bused to Chicago, but 161,562 allowed to fly directly to Florida.
Nearly one year ago, Chicagoans cheered Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s removal from office. In her place was Brandon Johnson, who promised a more inclusive approach to building a “better, stronger, safer Chicago.” It hasn’t turned out that way. Today, there’s little disagreement that Mayor Johnson has disappointed on most key issues. On crime. On policing. On migrants. On education. On governance. Even on foreign affairs.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the problems and costs of the Chicago Bears’ proposed new stadium, why its unlikely to happen in its current form, why the ongoing wave of violent crimes makes residents scared of the city, and why the funeral of slain police officer Luis Huesca matters to Mayor Johnson’s reputation.
I know how to fix it just throw more tax dollars at it
My favorite part is the low income residents to be plunked on LaSalle Street. Let’s convert some of the finest office space in the world into low income housing and find out what the other commercial tenants think about that. And at what cost per unit to convert to residential? The private sector has done this many times for market rate or condos in Chicago and other places but only for high rent apartments and expensive condos. I will be hysterical to see pols try to justify $400k-$600k per unit for low income housing.
They won’t have to justify it, they’ll just do it.
Folks, once again don’t ever confuse a government jobs program with education.
Suggestion, now that Miami-Dade school dist has now overtaken cps as 3rd largest school system in country do an articale comparing cps to Miami-Dade for– test scores, $ spent per student, graduation rates, etc
It would help to see what percentage of total property taxes goes to the school districts. How much administrators per district compared to our bloated ones. I think every district comprises of 40K students so how many administrators do they have compared to every 40K students here which is probably dozens of districts. What are their pension obligation costs? Health insurance costs for every teacher and employee compared to ours. Lots of comparisons to do.