Showing posts with label Preckwinkle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preckwinkle. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

CTU leaders take the wrong side in sexual harassment scandal

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Machine boss Mike Madigan & whistle-blower Alaina Hampton Chicago unions have no choice but to work with House Speaker Michael M...
Saturday, October 5, 2019

Looking for something better to come from vitriolic contract talks

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Striking CTU members gather over two days to study the 2012 contract offer before voting to end the strike.  The contract talks between ...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Congrats to the victorious CTU CORE Caucus

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CTU Pres. Jesse Sharkey As expected, Chicago Teachers Union Pres.  Jesse Sharkey and his CORE caucus easily defeated the opposition Mem...
Monday, May 13, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle met downtown for a private lunch to discuss ways the city and ...
Monday, April 1, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Following public outcry, hundreds of families of asylum-seekers are no longer being detained in an enclosure beneath an El Paso, Texas, ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Future looks dim for Cook County Dems without a change at the top.

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New #ChiMayor19 Poll Lightfoot 53% Preckwinkle 17% (+-4.4, 500 likely voters, Temkin/Harris Poll for @CrainsChicago and @WTTW ) Als...
Monday, March 25, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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This is the REAL conversation we need to have as a country. As horrific as this president is, he is a symptom of much deeper problems. ...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Preckwinkle promised Rahm she wouldn't run against him. She kept her word.

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Chicago's progressive movement, unified for a short time around the Sanders campaign, has become badly divided during current mayoral ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Garcia endorses Lightfoot U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia   “A new mayor in City Hall and across the hall, on the fifth floor...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Some unsolicited advice to both mayoral candidates

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Despite protests, plans for the $95 million West Side police academy sailed through the City Council on Wednesday As readers know, I...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

The Preckwinkle campaign, like watching a slow-motion train wreck

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Berrios & Preckwinkle...breaking up is hard to do.  I realize, despite my best intentions, I'm a little preoccupied with this ma...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Election thoughts...Blaming the messenger.

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Who thought it was a good idea for Toni Preckwinkle to duck the S-T debate? Who on Team Toni  thought it was a good idea for her to duck...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Progressives split in Chicago race. Can they unite against Daley in a runoff?

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With the first round of the mayoral election only a week away, things are starting to get hot and heavy. Progressives are split at least...
Monday, February 11, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Raise Your Hand on return of PARCC “To have the Illinois test ready for spring, ISBE has basically adopted PARCC for one more year,” th...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Hard to get a handle on mayor’s race. Some polling please.

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Polls show community support growing for striking L.A. teachers. Why no serious polling on Chicago mayor’s race since the Burke debacle...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

After the lights came on at the Burke affair

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Best quote on the Burke(s) affair comes from S-T columnist Neil Steinberg: Corruption is like rust. It spreads, both coming and going...