[facedown]

Federal bailout.

[dalebert]

then why did they settle? unions had prices us and themselves out of the market.

[silverleaf]

aparently Rahmbo doesn’t plan to be around in 3 years when the bill has to be paid

raise those property taxes again- who wouldn’t want to live in Chicago and send their kids to the CPS!

[txrefugee]

A shrinking student population and a big fat teachers union contract in a state that dramatically raised taxes and is broke. What could possibly go wrong?

[madameguinot]

PRITZKER’S WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. NO SURPRISE.

[MinuteGal]

Chicago Board of Education member, Penny Pritzker (noted above) is the same Miss Moneypenny who's the billionairess raising the extortion money for the Obamas' contemplated multi-million-dollar Hawaiian estate.

What does SHE care where the school money is coming from.....her stash comes from a hotel chain and Obama's stash comes from Heaven itself, untouched by human hands.

Leni

[SkyDancer]

Raise taxes on everything.

[Tex-Con-Man]

An Obama 2nd term would mean Fed bailouts for Chicago, California, GM again, and any other Dem Party gumbas in need of walkin’ around money.

[trebb]

Amazing - they had the unions cutting back on requests, effectively putting their backs against the wall, and they turn around and sweeten the deal above the original demands. Lunacy on display.

[bmwcyle]

Cut workers, supplies, books, and turn off the heat and lights to the buildings.

[Thebaddog]

They are all heading towards gambling and there will be quite a bit of sausage grinding to be done to cut that bill. Hello, Madigan!

[tomkat]

Chicago School Leaders

             

[junta]

The WSJ ran a piece about the rumors of Illinois asking for a FEDgov bailout.

[Thebaddog]

They are all heading towards gambling and there will be quite a bit of sausage grinding to be done to cut that bill. Hello, Madigan!

[mo]

Of course they KNOW EXACTLY how it will be paid for..YOU AND I and our children, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren are intended to pay for it.

the Rahmster -and nobody else anywhere near this “Chicago Shakedown” merely hasn't the bal%& to publicly state so...

that was the whole purpose of this strike right before Obama leaves office (hopefully!!) was to get We the People on the hook for their fantasy contract.

[G Larry]

They DON”T CARE how it’s paid for!

They got theirs and THAT is ALL UNIONS care about.

[SaxxonWoods]

This kind of behavior is ingrained everywhere. I served on a big city marathon committee that was a public/private partnership. We kept losing money, and each year I would say, “This thing is going down and going away” and each year the governor’s (Dem) office would sneak funding in from somewhere and keep it going. I’m off the committe now but they still put the thing on every year and I’m sure it’s never paid for itself yet.

“But it’s a showcase!”

[varon]

Truth be told, if board member Penny Pritzker’s Hyatt Hotels operated that way, they’d be out of business. But, alas, this is government. They strike deals with unions and figure out how taxpayers will fund it later.

Truth be told, the public would realize these board members like Pritzker allow the unions to write their own ticket and in return, the unions give Pritzker and others, breaks when negotiating contracts of their employees.

In essence, the public picks up the tab of the savings in labor contracts for the board member's businesses.

[Iron Munro]

The teachers will just shake the kids down for their allowance money
like they shake the parents down for their rent money.

[cherry]

improved "benefits"???....what?...they want Fridays off too....

its not enough they have the cream of the crop health care, insane summer vacations, every weekend off, every holiday off, along with Christmas break and an extra day with Thanksgiving, and spring break....

this is why people are turned off by teachers.....they don't teach...