Vallas: "Ultimately, the greatest obstacle to balancing the city’s budget and ensuring vital services are the CTU’s intransigence and unsustainable pension burdens. The CTU is no longer a conventional labor union advocating solely for teachers; it's a political machine, often at odds with broader public sector labor and the interests of the city." Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
CPS needs to be financially ready. CTU needs to be designated as a political organization, not a labor union.