Mr. Johnson has been eager to turn Chicago into a vanguard of the progressive left. Is apologizing for murdering children supposed to be part of this new political morality? Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
Lauren Underwood, House Rep 14th District Illinois famously refers to herself as a nurse. She is a licensed nurse in Illinois. She is said to be a silent Squad member, one may assume silent because she is mentioned as being groomed as possible Veep candidate. Nurses are supposed to operate with blindfold on: no matter her antipathy for others based upon their religion or skin color, she is professionally obliged to treat them with care unmitigated by her personal biases. Illinois Rep Lauren Underwood could be active in efforts to locate/rescue hostages taken by Hamas terrorists. This she could do… Read more »
She may be a licensed nurse, she may refer to herself as a nurse and she’s been seen in political ads dressed lie a nurse but has she actually ever worked as a nurse?
I don’t think Underwood has ever done any practical/traditional nursing. Most of her work was in health policy or research. The equivalent of obtaining a CPA then working for SAP implementing ERP systems.
“The resolution passed only after many leftwing Council members left the meeting in protest.”—-and you can rest assured all those “leftwing Council members” are all funded by are phony psuedo-socialist @ CTU on the taxpayers dime.