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The Illinois Federation of Teachers — the CTU’s statewide parent organization that Gates recently took over — maintains a political action committee that has given nearly $1 million to Johnson’s election efforts. Gates’ elevation from IFT executive vice president could give her greater voice over how that IFT fund dispatches its cash — now totaling over $2 million.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Wasn’t he given 2MILLION BY THE UNION ??
Gates wants Johnson to win because she owns him. Gates and CTU needs to be audited by the DOJ. CTU is not a labor union, but a political activist group. CTU is not about representing teachers, students, or education, but is about power and money. She will use down state teacher union dues to funnel to Johnson’s campaign. Down state teachers were stupid to elect her.