Ted joined Dan and Amy this morning to talk about how crime in Chicago is getting even worse, why Chicago’s corporate elite failed to use their influence to to change the city for the better, Brandon Johnson’s past comments about “defunding the police,” Rep. La Shawn Ford’s misguided “parental bullying” bill, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Brandon Johnson’s views on tolerance for violence and defunding police are absolutely clear. Here are his own words.
- Lori Lightfoot gets the boot in murder-capital Chicago. What does that mean for mayors of other homicide hot spots?
- Don’t let violence prevention programs become a fatal distraction in the quest to make Chicago safe again
- More cops on Chicago’s streets won’t help until criminals are prosecuted and sentenced
- Chicago, New Orleans were the nation’s murder capitals in 2022 – A Wirepoints survey of America’s 75 largest cities
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
This is not going to end well for the Chitty.
No businesses only criminals will be left in due course.
Highest Taxes, Highest crime rate and lowest services.
This is destined to fail. Want a cop, call Punta Gorda, Florida.