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Chicago mayor wants $1 billion more for schools even though 43% of CPS teachers are chronically absent – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 11, 2024
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently traveled to Springfield with a big wish list, including $1 billion in extra funding for Chicago Public Schools. Among the reasons his demand should be categorically rejected: the growing rate of CPS teachers simply not showing up to school.
Negligence or something more? Gov. Pritzker’s $827 million in taxpayer subsidies for Rivian. – Wirepoints
May 10, 2024
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently promised electric car maker Rivian $827 million in taxpayer subsidies when he shouldn’t have given the company a penny. The question is, was it negligence or something more?
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.
Gov. Pritzker’s ‘ethics reform’ eliminates competitive elections and choice for voters – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer
May 8, 2024
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about a new law passed by the Democratic supermajority and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that results in brazen election interference, keeping Republicans off ballots; about a referendum that tests the waters for a renewed progressive income tax hike; about how the Parental Notification referendum question was knocked off the ballot; and why laws like that pass so easily.
Yet another example of corruption and mismanagement, all at the expense of the citizens. But, when will we learn that this longstanding situation needs new solutions ? Reporting alone is obviously not changing the behavior of politicians or the system weaknesses. When will we learn not to expect a different result if the politicians are not held accountable, dysfunction is not penalized, and the system is not changed? Educating voters doesn’t work, especially in a machine run State. What to do ? What action can be taken to solve and have some effect ? Some thoughts: -Perhaps sue the politicians… Read more »
J Stec, what you want would be solved in large measure by mandating term limits. Its when politicians start to think of making a career out of politics that bad things start to happen as regards feathering their own nests rather than serving the larger public interests in a more altruistic way. No amount of badgering them to sign anticorruption petitions will begin to make a dent in the problems; most elected public officials will sign it and continue doing business as usual, dreaming up reasons why their actions are not corruption when it might seem so to others. Sadly,… Read more »
Hi James I actually am advocating ways to align the goals and incentives of the politicians with those of the people. There are multiple ways to do this. If the anticorruption pledge had consequences, it would be effective. Example; If the financial condition of the State did not improve, the lawmaker would forfeit their job, or not get paid. In my opinion, this will be more effective than term limits alone. With term limits, party machine candidates can potentially be corrupt and just hand off to another straw man after each term. We need to start thinking of actions that… Read more »
The greed and corruption on both sides of the isle is shocking. The pension spiking should be criminal. I still had some measure of respect for a few of the people named until I read this article.