Ted joined Dan and Amy to discuss the latest news about the coming part-elected Chicago school board, why it’s likely the CTU will go on strike, what President Trump might say about Chicago during his visit, the latest scandals of Mayor Johnson, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- It’s obvious why Chicago politicians hate what Donald Trump says about the city
- City of Chicago budget revenues have ballooned by $6 billion since 2019. Why the $1 billion deficit?
- Don’t look now, but here come the tax hikes on Illinoisans
- Don’t fall for the “progressive-income-tax-for-property-tax-relief” tax swap referendum
- Detroit’s bankruptcy offered key lessons. Chicago has ignored them all.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
One of the top reasons for the decline of public education is inexperienced, ineffective, and incompetent school boards. If we are going to improve public education we must drastically overhaul how they are run by boards of education. This is a topic that is never really discussed outside of large metro districts such as CPS. Today’s school operations are far removed from the operation of schools in the early 1900s. Complexity in curriculum, funding, taxes, federal and state program compliance and regulation, and more means we should be providing pre-election and post-election candidate training and certification opportunities to begin developing… Read more »
Bravo, Ms. Welch!
The public needs the same choices that Stacey has.
Nothing screams RINO more than showing up to work with a hat that says LOST on it and dwelling on the lack of opposition running in state races.