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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Looks like even some Illinois legislators have finally figured out it isn’t such a good idea to follow General Custer when heading into election season
Biden has an underwater favorably rating in IL and it’s not even close, he’s something like 8 points underwater. JB has parroted all of Biden’s talking points, believing it would help him out, but it’s become quite the liability, because in a mid-term election, JB is inexorably tied to Biden’s fortunes, and they’re not looking good.
JB, you do understand that no one, either side, likes you or respects your intellect or skill in your performance of your office, right? The sycophants with whom you surround yourself are simply parasites. Shaking their heads and agreeing with you to simply protect their ability to stay on the take… JB, there is no mandate (other than your silly ones) – no one will take the metaphoric bullet for you – it’s embarrassing that you wasted the opportunity to be a different sort of billionaire pol who might have earned a chance for a marginally higher office… Then again,… Read more »
Hmmmm….some lazy slack jaw forgot to fill the envelopes for Porky?
The beginning of the end for Freddie Pritzker.
The most corrupt political hack I have ever seen in my lifetime, and I have seen a few.
OUT in 2022. Gone. Finished. The fat lady is starting to sing, and they know it.
I really hope Pritzker is gone in November 2022, this individual is showing his true colors day by day
He thought his power to extend the executive orders would continue indefinitely and that residents would mostly comply. But that TRO order laid out pretty clearly that the emperor was wearing no clothes. And people have have responded accordingly. Even Democrats are now openly defying him. JB is a political newbie and he’s surrounded himself with yes men/women/non-binaries who do whatever he says – because he pays half their salary out of his own pocket. So no one in his inner circle felt comfortable giving him political advice like “Hey JB, you’re the only state within 800 miles with any… Read more »
Perfect summary. Great post.
How was he even allowed to pay his staff more money out of his own pocket tells me how corrupt this state is.
Once he is OUT, then the real legal ramifications on what he did in office will be exposed.
Then prison time.
There were quiet whispers in some news articles when he was elected that it was unethical and perhaps unconstitutional and maybe even outright criminal for JB’s personal LLC to supplement state employees’ salaries. How is JB’s personal LLC paying salaries of state employees any different than, say, a ComEd LLC paying salaries of state employees?
Those concerns quickly disappeared as every greedy legislator applied for a job in his administration to double their salary with JB’s wealth.
What everyone overlooks is that any alternative to Pritzker probably won’t make much difference. You think things couldn’t get any worse in Illinois? You ain’t seen nothin yet.
Probably true.
But we have to have hope right?
Should Mr Griffin put forward his slate of candidates to fill the key posts and they win then we have a chance.
It can be done.
Rather than hope for change, Illinois residents would be better off making plans to leave.
As we stand together and support/applaud those brave students on the front line who went without masks last week – even when their district punished them for it – we are stronger! Together we can demand better for our next generation of leaders. We can have the acceptance of diversity in not only physical appearance but the diversity of thought. This is our next challenge. The “tolerant” left is having a difficult time these days.
Haha…the nannies over to CAPFAX are none too happy.
The King finally appears to have pushed his unhappy subjects too far. Once he ignored the science and continued to endlessly mandate masks for children, the blind began to see. He was never going to stop his control freak behavior. No other state in the union is holding on to mask mandates. With each passing day the virus is disappearing, and his ridiculous behavior is being exposed.
This is amazing. This is the first open defiance of Pritzker by any Democrat legislator. And it appears everybody is starting to pile on too. How quickly Pritzker’s (political) fortunes have changed, seemingly overnight, it’s one loss after another, with more to come. The secret candidate paid for polling (which no one has released, and crap fax isn’t reporting) must be showing that any generic Republican beats Pritzker because everything seems to be happening so quickly.