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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That’s a higher rating than I expected, but he couldn’t even beat out serial predator Cuomo. Perhaps someone can ask him about this at his next press conference.
Progressives are in charge of Democrat states and all that matters is progressive ideology. That’s apparent from every policy position they’ve taken. They’re not interesting in governing; they’re only interested in proselytizing and forcing your to partake. Politico (sourcing crap fax) has a blurb about an IL Democrat Party meeting where elected officials were shown the results of some poll with scary data. JB Pritzker is apparently losing to Bailey and Irvin in undisclosed suburbs. But supposedly there is another poll showing that JB is still doing well in deep blue 90%+ D voting ‘northern’ suburbs. Cap Fax says “But… Read more »
Not to argue but Miller may be right. The “vote for blue no matter who” crowd is a formidable voting base and with each family’s move out of state more anti-Pritzger votes go