Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
Imagine Illinois voters finally getting off their duffs to vote against the political machine on things like this?
It ain’t gonna happen…
““It’s sickening”: IL residents struggle to budget amid high gas prices” “Remain calm, all is well.” – that’s what we hear from Governor Tax Cheat, time and again. Our state budget is better. Really. The governor says so. Crime’s not really a problem, “We’re going to form a(nother) committee, and look into what police officers are still doing wrong. That’ll fix it” Public education is really taking care of future generations. “I’m proud to say that Illinois has more school districts than almost any other two states combined, and that we’re going to have who-goes-to-which-potty-rules for every one of them.… Read more »
This disaster is the result of progressives and an incapacitated President. If you want to change the trajectory of this country’s jet sled to hell, vote against the likes of Casten and Underwood. Both are awful, and committed to high gasoline costs.
Casten and Underwood are in the AOC league of idiots. Casten outs himself as one every time he opens his mouth. Underwood is simply clueless.
This also includes voting for fake Republicans!
You make a terrible mistake when you ascribe incompetence to that which is clearly intent.
These are not policy makers making mistakes. These are political ideologues making political decisions.
+1000
“The Biden administration is considering a proposal to tax oil and gas windfall profits to provide a gas subsidy for American consumers struggling with high energy prices”. Add to that our state legislature postponing the $.02/gal increase … we’re in high cotton!
Who will pay more in to the fuel companies…consumers.
This will do what to gas prices…upward pressure. That’s increases for you libs out there.
Democrats simply do not understand how markets work, except when grifting.
Don’t blame Xiden. It’s Pooohtin’s fault!
So interesting that one man, one country’s misadventures could wreak such havoc on the U.S. economy.
Oh well. What can be done besides wage a proxy war against Pooohtin and send tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to God knows where to be spent God knows how?