Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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And Pritzker will the Jenny Thornley case (coverup) by you and states attorney Raoul ever be resolved, be a man Pritzker and grow some balls and admit to what has happened. I call for your resignation effective immediately Pritzker.
These districts are D+90 and there’s rarely a competitive primary. Half these reps. are hand-picked by the party for their seats and often have no primary opponents. The IL Dem Party calls this ‘Democracy’ despite having more in common with the Chinese Community Party structure than any other democracy we would recognize. Our elected reps are more like bureaucrats appointed by central command with the veneer of ‘democracy’. And just like China, the bureaucrats are mostly corrupt, and serve the party’s interest as much as they serve their own. They don’t even see themselves as elected. They are party apparatchiks… Read more »