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"We can be confident that the public education chaos that has come to define Vallas’ career will be exponentially more dangerous the more power he wields. We must ensure that our candidate, Brandon Johnson, is in the run-off for mayor on April 4 so we can, once again, send Vallas packing."
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I hope I live long enough to see some mayor of Chicago at some point not renew the Teachers union contract . The gnashing of teeth and wailing will be epic!
You won’t. Upsetting all the parents would be hysterical though. How long would that last before parents demanded a settlement to the contract? Lightfoot lasted two weeks. Doubt anyone else could go much longer.
Few comments because there’s really nothing more to be said about the insanity of CTU.
Considering Vallas stopped funding pensions when running CPS, I don’t blame them for not supporting him.
Be confident that anything spewed by the Terrorists at CTU is a massive lie.
Say no to the domestic terrorist CTU!
If the Teachers union is against Vallas, he must be right on target !