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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We need a town hall here in Rockford to discuss high property taxes. ASAP
AH taxpayers should learn from examples Rockford and Woodstock about TIF and profligate public spending for narrow benefit of a few developers-friends-of-the-regime. TIF is complicated by design. The claim that ‘TIF doesn’t raise property taxes ” is so obviously false that any moderately intelligent human cringes when we hear it spouted from complicit politicians. Are these politicians blatantly corrupt, or too stupid to even understand that they’re spewing absolute falsehoods? Which is worse? But, it requires a slight bit of effort to understand TIF, inflation, and property tax rates. Many would be glad to explain these complexities to willing listeners,… Read more »