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The Chicago Teachers Union does not want you to see this film.
You better not watch the official trailer for it right here. ⬇️
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🚨NEW: Chicago Teachers Union president
@stacydavisgates
paid off her past-due bills after our team filed a FOIA with the city's finance department, following up on our November story.
Records show she paid 2 days before the dept asked for an extension.
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Joining
@WGNTV
live at 6:30 to discuss the new
@illinoispolicy
report on speed cameras ⬇️
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Bears’ lakefront stadium wishlist would bring taxpayers’ cumulative tab on Guaranteed Rate Field, Soldier Field and a new dome to almost $7 billion w/
@fspielman
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The CTU, where Johnson cut his teeth as an organizer, declined comment, even though president Stacy Davis Gates and VP Jackson Potter attended the Bears news conference. Potter and the union have previously spoken out against publicly financing stadiums.
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NEW POLL: “Overall, how would you rate Mayor Brandon Johnson’s performance as Chicago’s mayor?”
📊 Results
CHICAGO RESIDENTS
Above average: 9%
Below average: 50%
Ten times more Chicago residents rate Johnson’s performance as “very low” (30%) compared to “very high” (3%).
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🚨NEW: Chicago Teachers Union VP
@jacksonpCTU
steered $4 million in union funds to his mom's law firm.
He has for four years refused to provide a financial audit upon members' request despite internal CTU rules requiring him to do so.
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Never forget.
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Candidate Brandon Johnson was asked whether the Bears should receive a $2 billion public subsidy to build a new stadium.
His answer was no.
Here’s what he said ⬇️
"Let me be clear: I want the Bears to stay. But Chicago could also use $2 billion to remove lead pipes, house…
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So
@stacydavisgates
and
@jacksonpCTU
were at the Bears announcement today in support of the stadium plan.
Let’s take a look back at their previous statements… 🤔
Now that their guy is in office it looks like they’ve suddenly become supporters of publicly-funded stadiums.…
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Unbelievable. The Chicago Teachers Union appears to be lining up behind Mayor Brandon Johnson’s demand for a massive public subsidy for the Chicago Bears, while telling Springfield that Chicago Public Schools are underfunded.
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Gov. Pritzker continues to say he's "highly skeptical," and Speaker Welch just said a vote on the new Bears proposal in Springfield right now would "fail, and it would fail miserably. There's no environment for something like this today."
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@Austin__Berg
The property taxes alone on a $2.75B stadium would be about $110M per year. 57.5% of property taxes go to schools.
Because it’s publicly owned, the revenue will be $0.
That’s $63.25M per year taken from schools and given to billionaires.
Congrats on selling out
@CTULocal1
.
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The Chicago Teachers Union wants a 9% floor on annual pay hikes.
What other employees in America are likely to get such a sweetheart deal?
@illinoispolicy
breaks down the CTU's demands:
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🚨NEW: Zero students are proficient in reading and math at the school where the Chicago Teachers Union held its press conference to kick off contract negotiations.
CTU's "sustainable community schools" consistently underperform.
They want 180 more.
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@chicagotribune
editorial: With so much confusion (some perhaps deliberate) around the IL House's overwhelming vote on Chicago schools last week, bottom line was it was an extraordinary vote of no confidence in
@ChicagosMayor
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