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.”
They will be replacing the wait staff with robots and cyborgs. Can you picture the Terminator taking your order and he says. “I’ll be Back”-with your food. LOL
There are too many restaurants while at the same time it’s become expensive to eat out. Our lifetimes have seen an exponential growth in the restaurant industry, from fast food, to fast casual, to sit down chains, to fine dining, and beyond. We are at peak restaurant now. It didn’t used to be like this. Your family growing up didn’t eat out frequently. Fast food was a treat and a sit down restaurant with a waiter or waitress was rare. Pizza Hut was the hub of activity in most suburbs and small towns. Downtown even through the 90’s had a… Read more »
When Old Joe’s parents were kids soda pop was a luxury. They went to a soda fountain diner type of place and sat at the counter for 5 cents.
Change your habits and take a drive out of Cook County and many collar counties for dinner. Half a slab of ribs, a baked potato and a salad for $12 is easy to find. You get the added pleasure of not succumbing to the dictates of the far left Chicago city council, cook county board or Illinois legislature. Plus gas is much cheaper.
I am single and have been lax in making my own meals. Prices are getting nuts, time to go back to cooking for myself.
Doc, you’re wallet, weight and health (mental and physical) will thank you for this meal change. Yes, shopping and cooking are time consuming. All my regular places that survived covid are more expensive with poorer service and reduced hours. Obama calls it fundamental transformation.
What a catastrophe. My burrito spot is really hurting right now. They’ve raised prices twice in the past year. They don’t have waitstaff, but it’s still a struggle for everyone. They lost thousands in property damages after a recent break in.