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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Your daddy signed the guest book on the way in, Flounder.
You know, when people believed in trying to do things the right way.
At least now we know that the last Pritzker to have a real job was born in the 1800’s.
Dulce hogar Chicago!
That’s one way to make up for the population loss of the middle class. Except these “migrants” don’t pay taxes but soak up government social services. Get enough illegals, maybe IL can get back one of its lost congressional seats.
The migrants have been coming here for years. Look at the foreign born population today compared to 20 years ago. Even DuPage County is no longer natives. My mother’s side of the family has been in IL by my count now for 6 generations including my son since the 1880’s. My great-grand parents married in Chicago in the 1910’s. I have pictures of their wedding in my basement. My great great grand parents arrived decades before my grand parents married. Now all of conservative voting descendants of those folks have left the state of IL and have been replaced post-1965… Read more »