It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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“We want more bike patrol. We want more foot patrol. We want more static support, for example, in front of these stores that are being constantly ripped off,” one resident said. “We need to have a police officer on that block as a regular assignment stationary assignment.”
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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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 Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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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.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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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.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
Can’t Kim be charged with aiding and abetting?
How many killings does it take before Kim Fox is voted out of office?
Anyone have a better idea?
Hire 100 or 200 or 300 or whatever number of social workers?
Nothing against social workers, but who uses a wrench when you need a screwdriver?
Where is the Cook County homicides under Kim Foxx running tally?
Can’t put all the blame on Kim Foxx, but you have to start somewhere.
Kim Foxx will never be voted out of office. Who exactly in Cook County would vote her out? Democrats?
Her constituency isn’t the law abiding citizens of Cook County. She’s disrupting systemic racism by freeing her our systems from the bonds of criminal law enforcement. Oh how times have changed.
Chicago residents- Wake up and elect people who will help you!
Quit voting democrat- Chicago is circling the toilet bowl!
There is no hope for Chicago without election integrity, which the city/state hasn’t seen for a very long time.
The crime wave is hurting foot traffic into small businesses.
Don’t think Pritzker, Foxx, Preckwinkle, or Lightfoot worry about “personal security”. Don’t think they worry too much about eroding tax-basis, loss of sales tax revenue, and substantial decline in Chicago’s tourism-dependent hospitality industry. That’s for the little people to fret, the silent majority of Chicago residents still enduring this ever-increasing wave of street-crime, and all too often, still thinking these inhospitable conditions are “price” of urban life and “color” to urban experience. Recommend You-Tube’s video series “Welcome to Chirac”. And welcome to realities of Chicago troubled neighborhoods. Don’t think most white-collar middle-aged liberal-leaning white folks in Chicago’s North-Side and Downtown… Read more »
Downtown businesses and most tourism was never ‘equitable’ to begin with so I honestly believe they don’t care if it is all destroyed. If they do care, there isn’t any evidence of it. Its been nearly 16 months since St. George Floyd died and our leaders seem perfectly content with the way things are going.
The very people who put the lawless and disorder politicians in office now cry for help. This is what happens when so called leaders like Jabba open the prison gates and others like Lil Kim won’t charge any of the thugs to put them back in. Then there’s Lori Lightweight who pulls police off the beat and threatens them if they enforce the law. And when it’s time to vote again these idiots will get reelected. Sorry Chicago, you got what you voted for.