Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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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.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
For the past 10 years my home voltage has been a constant 123 volts. In the past five months or so it has dropped to 118 volts. That is the typical voltage you would have had in the 1960’s. Something is definitely up here, I don’t appreciate them lowering it like this. I suspect they are finally implementing actual reductions based on smart metering data. It sucks.
This is why smart meters.
“Burning coal and gas also creates things like steam, which often is used in industrial processes, and some manufacturers are trying to figure out how they’ll get it in the future. You can’t generate steam from hydro, solar, or wind power.” Boy, those unintended consequences really suck, don’t they?
To conserve electricity during a shortage, first disconnect all the EV’s,