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.”
Buy $100.00 of groceries, save $1.00. Buy $100.00 in gas save $2.00. Something to brag about. Regularly buy gas in Wisconsin and save $8 to $10 every time. Grocery shopping as well, easy $10.00 or more every time. Fortunate to live close.
Just filled up in WI at $4.499/gallon and bought a few groceries with 0% taxes.
What’s not to love about our sister-state to the north?
Here’s an article of gas tax proposals and rebates. Many states are considering eliminating gas taxes for a while but good ole JB will freeze them after doubling them.
https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/gas-tax-holiday-is-your-state-suspending-the-gas-tax/?ftag=CAD3c77551
“…we are able to better fund education, rebuild our roads, make our neighborhoods safer, attract new businesses to Illinois, and connect workers with good paying jobs.”
And you’re going to be reelected, because in Illinois millions of voters will listen to you claim to have accomplished all of these things at every whistle stop and news conference, and then not run you out of town on a rail.
THE GREAT ILLINOIS GAS TAX ROBBERY: THE DEFINITION OF CHUTZPAH — Failed Governor Pritzker — Who Raised Illinois Gas Taxes 100 Percent And Beyond — Says He Has Helped Struggling Families Put Gas In Their Car – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Chicago Barber Explains How Pritzker’s 100 Pct Gas Tax Hike Hurts Small Biz, Families – Illinois Policy Institute; ‘More Gimmick Than Aid’: Non-Profit Political Group Says Illinois Gas Tax Freeze Is Misleading – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago