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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He must have been dropped on his head as a baby. Repeatedly.
I cannot believe this guy still runs Evanston. Assumed they’d have thrown him out by now.
Oh no, the libtards up here practically adore him… anyplace else he’d be an embarrassement, but not here in The People’s Republik of Evanston…
ram it down your throat upper-income elite progressivism Evanston style…..everybody’s had enough, especially middle-class folks trying to hang on to what little they got. As the ‘not in my backyard’ folks Biss refers to is progressive code talk for middle-class humps who the Biss types hate and wish would simply move…..same thing in Chicago
Density is Section 8 high rises on Sheridan Road? DO IT, DO IT NOW!!
LOL he wants ‘more’ density while his downtown vacancy rates are high and when I was there several weeks ago, the streets are nearly empty except for vagrants and bums. And terrorists are camping out on Northwestern’s Campus. And this dummy wants MORE density to fight climate change.
Vagrants and Bums? The city council and pols must of been on lunch break. lol?