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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As it stands now, the lunatic Democrats in Congress are scared out of their wits. They see the numbers and feel the seething anger towards where their party has taken the country over the past (almost) two years. You see this if you travel more than 40 miles from Chicago, which brain dead Chicago media types seldom do. We are fortunate if these elitists even acknowledge that the rest of the state even exists, although they normally do so with derision. And then there’s the AWFLs, still clinging to CNN and the mainstream press sources like NBC5. They’re not misinformed,… Read more »
I don’t know if Pekau can defeat Casten, but I sure hope so. Casten represents everything wrong with this country. He must be nervous though, as he’s working hard to hold onto that seat. His pandering has reached new levels. I expect to see him dressed in drag and claiming he got an abortion in his next ad.
The AWFLs in the suburbs will decide this race. I was at a party a few weeks ago with half a dozen AWFLs and within the 10 minutes of everyone arriving, the women couldn’t help themselves but go into anti-Trump, non-binary that, Trumpsters this, transphobes that. These are 30’s, 40’s suburban women, own homes, have two or three kids. These are people I’ve known for 20 years or more but no longer see as often. I’ve never talked politics with them in my life and now far, far left politics is the only topic they can discuss. And even when… Read more »