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 hope this will be their undoing – but we have too many uneducated voters.
How simplistic can you get?
“One of the architects of the law, state Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, said the crime wave is a byproduct of the current judicial system.”
The crime wave is due to the lack of application of the law and prosecutors like Kim Foxx who choose NOT to use the judicial system properly.
Get your facts straight, Mr. Peters.
More dishonest than simplistic. The past few years have seen an unprecedented assault on police, their funding and other tools they require to do their jobs. Even when police do their jobs they are thwarted by Soros-installed prosecutors like Foxx. The current explosion in crime is the intended result of failed far left policies, and will only get worse