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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To the writer of this article, well done. Very concise. I like Effingham also, so I can understand this person who may have to leave that location after so many years.
I have always complimented our surrounding states on their handling of Covid and their governmental leadership for how they’re getting things done. So now Indy and other people want to kick this person down, you should be ashamed of yourselves. The problem is Illinois LOL governor JB.
That’s the price you pay for living in Illinois.
You’ve had years & years to pack the UHaul but you didn’t. Time to suffer the consequences of that inaction.
At 1.7% of home value she could consider herself lucky. In Belvidere it’s approx 3% and Rockford is close to 4% and was over 5% a few years back. These high property taxes have kept homes from appreciating for decades now so to move to another area prices have gone up steadily so the spread is getting wider daily. What would help is that seniors should be exempt from school taxes on their properties. That would cut the taxes by more than half.
Heck, I’d take a 50% reduction in school taxes…
But then who would pay for the kids
indoctrinationeducation…???