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.
Let me help you with this. Here is the thing, the Republicans ask you to run, then that is the extent of their help. You are left to figure out how to gather signatures, they expect you to self-finance and develop your own organization, they don’t even help you with an experienced campaign finance manager. In other words as a republican candidate you need to be your own financier, campaign manager, and compliance officer. You have to create your own ads, format them, submit them to printers, develop your own mail list, they may or may not give you access… Read more »