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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the lack of police available in Chicago, why an elected school board for CPS is a toss up in terms of creating real reform, the bad decisions behind Mayor Brandon Johnson’s creation of a reparations task force, why Illinois remains a poor place to raise a family, and more.
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Read more from Wirepoints:
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
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.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I have seen what happens ,when a retired teacher gets elected to a school board. yup the union gets a rubber stamp. in the long run this will happen to these boards
Agree completely! Back in the early 70’s, the Illinois Constitutional convention that was going to correct all of the State’s problems was hijacked by Unions and Special Interests giving us the mess we have now. Like Easter Sunday brunch at the Old Country Buffet, the biggest groups sated themselves to the biggest portions leaving cold chicken wings and wrinkled string beans for the single family diners. Illinois is well on its way to the same fate as OCB!
In my district, the board acts like more than a rubber stamp. They go out of their way to accommodate the union. They give the union, and the administrators, everything they want, and then say “is there anything else we can do for you?” and they “thank you, nothing more at this board meeting, but next board meeting we’ll have more demands”. This kind of crap leads the board down really whacky paths. My board had an administrator and union officials give them a presentation about how the SAT was very, very bad because ‘rich’ students perform better, so there,… Read more »
Seeing as chitcago has not had a legit election in over 100 years there will be no change with this approach.
Only if CTU and other lobbyists are forbidden to support their candidates financially then elected school board will be good for community representation.
The only way the repukes can win is to forbid the other side from donating. Vote Blue No Matter Who!