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“We will request that the IELRB set a trial date for next week and for a decision to issue the first week of [January],” the CTU said in a statement after the ruling. “Without that timeline, CPS could be allowed to put people in danger with its unilateral plan that likely will end up being declared illegal after the fact. In such case, all options will be on the table for our union to enforce our rights and protect the health, safety, and livelihoods of students, educators and all families.”
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
the CTU is a COMMINUST front group plain and simple
Both sides should simply agree that they will resume classes when nobody has to wear a mask anymore. The absence of masks should be the only indicator for all things resuming. Masks are causing the fear, not alleviating it.
Bust this Union. CTU is the very worst of Public Sector Unions. CTU are vermin who’s only goal is to steal as much as possible from the taxpayer in exchange for as little work as possible. This Wuhan Virus pandemic has exposed CTU to all as the heartless fraudulent grifters that they are.
CTU= Game is up go back to work or be replaced
Does the CTU hate the idea of educated minorities that much?