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Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
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"What positives resulted from those rallies? Was it just that they made you feel good or was there something more? Do you think the kids at CPS or the city overall gained from the union's victory in the negotiation?"
Let's see: CPS agreed to hire more social workers; CPS agreed to make textbooks available to students on the first day of school; CPS agreed to hire more nurses; CPS agreed to monitor the workloads of clinicians, counselors, and special education teachers; and CPS agreed to provide clinicians with private space in which to meet with and support students.
"It just pushed the district further along in its usual poor fiscal state that causes extreme inflexibility of the type of programs that can be funded. And there is also inflexibility that is caused by provisions in the contract that have nothing to do with the district's finances."
What do you have against nurses, social workers, psychologists, and special education teachers? Hell, what do you have against the kids they work with every day? Sheesh. Some people.
Re: “Our House”
If you really wanted to save the house then why didn't you just pay to have the house moved to a lot that you purchased for that purpose and then restore it to it's original condition? I'm sure the developer would have given you the house for free. I appreciate the need to preserve some parts of history but don't forget that all old homes have a history and it's usually a cute, interesting story as would be expected from an old house. If you want to be an activist with other people's property then I suggest you start your process a little earlier in the process like when you were walking by it for years and commenting on how crummy it was.
Re: “Annals of school reform: democracy gets messy in Rogers Park”
I too remember..and I am not Hispanic, but was married to the FIRST council chair Dominick Galvan Jr., who since passed on in 2007..and Mr.Orenstein passed in 2008. Some things have slipped my mind like Mr.Malave NOT really being in the district after all.....We fought for Mr. Orenstein because he was a JUST man and listened..He was always available...My husband was also a JUST man......I remember all too well.....
Re: “Annals of school reform: democracy gets messy in Rogers Park”
This story is over 20 years old now, I was one of those students back in 1991 that supported Mr. Orenstein, and my name is Joshuah Galvan, son of former LSC Council Chair Dominick Galvan. Reading this story brought back so many memories.
Re: “My husband violated the ground rules I'd set for our threesome”
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Re: “Dick”
"edging" is getting as close to orgasm as you can with out letting go, then doing it over and over again.
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
" or the fantastic speakers who helped energize the fantastic recent teachers’ rallies we all remember so well. (Insert double smiley face emoticon, ehh--make it a triple.)"
What positives resulted from those rallies? Was it just that they made you feel good or was there something more? Do you think the kids at CPS or the city overall gained from the union's victory in the negotiation? If so, how specifically? I don't think so. It just pushed the district further along in its usual poor fiscal state that causes extreme inflexibility of the type of programs that can be funded. And there is also inflexibility that is caused by provisions in the contract that have nothing to do with the district's finances.
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
It would be nice to see Karen Lews and the CTU get more attention, objective attention from Ben and Co. But that is not how it works, too much of a one trick pony.
Re: “Testing in kindergarten: whatever happened to story time?”
Bruman is a moron, that much is clear. The glaring truth is that the union fought what parts of the MANDATED TESTING REGIME they could tooth and nail and reduced it to the MANDATED MINIMUM. The union is full of teachers who would rather teach than test. If this keeps up there'll be so much testing that all kids will fail due to never having had the time to be taught by their teachers!
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
JJJ is just another run-of-the-mill IL state politician, charismatic but as flawed and self-centered as the rest.
It would be nice to see Madigan and Cullerton get more attention by Ben & Co., they're really who are calling the shots and have dug us into the hole we're in from a state-wide perspective. They are just too clever to get caught...so far.
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
"And as much as he rails against the system, it worked for him to clout his daughter into a selective enrollment Chicago Public High School.
Really? Prove it, then. Put up or shut up. And show how it matters to his reporting--that is, does it tilt the truth of what he reports?
Review my comments to ensure yourself that I am no shill for Ben. I just dislike unsubstantiated accusations.
Re: “People Issue 2012:
Kimmy Walters, the Twitterer”
bianca boca's attitude is hilariously old-fashioned, that it's "still relevant" in chicago to "be a poet." poets reading to other poets in various bars/bookstores/etc don't actually have to appeal to many other human beings with their writing, they just have to be "part of a community." i'm not sure which of the dozens of isolated social circles she belongs to that considers itself "the chicago poetry scene" but there are others that would have a better attitude about a twenty-two year old girl making jokes on twitter
Re: “"Whose idea was this?"”
" like today as I did, beautifully illuminated by the January sun? "
Well, as long as it was pretty for you, who cares about general functionality, right?
Glad you had your moment.
Preservationists really need to learn the wisdom of picking one's battles.
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
Goodness, Orion. If I'd known how much off-topic personal attacks on the author would add to this discussion, I would've tried it first. You're breakin' my heart, here.
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
What is this ? Ben wrote an article without mentioning TIFs ?
And as much as he rails against the system, it worked for him to clout his daughter into a selective enrollment Chicago Public High School.
Re: “Lisa Martain Hoffer, the outreacher”
This has to be one of the dumbest article's that I've ever read in my life. Ms. Hoffer has to be as clueless as one of the three blind mice. It should be an honor for you to help others that are not as fortunate as yourself. To catogorize someone as uneducated truly shows where the lack of education truly falls....look in the mirror. Oh by the way check your criminal registry, you have a lot of sex offenders out there in Elmhurst so worry about a little more than the mud. As a matter of fact why don't you allow someone to get your job that really gives a damn and keep your ass out there in Mayberry. Oh btw that pic looks awful.....you look harder than a drag queen ....now sashay away.
Re: “"Whose idea was this?"”
Folks, they are not building a hospital. And have you seen the Goldberg building lately, like today as I did, beautifully illuminated by the January sun? It's Gehry before Gehry. Please, NU. Do the right thing.
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
JP, how does that compare to previous years? If it's not unusual for machine candidates to have a stronger showing in those wards, it'd weaken your argument.
Keep in mind, too, that ACORN closed its doors in 2010, yeah?
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
Shira, you may cringe, but the stats bear it out. In the black wards (like the 6th where I live; also 3,4,5,7, 8, 9 , 21, 34) Rahm got MORE than the citywide average. Carol Moseley Braun bullied out Pasotr Meeks & Rep. Davis, who could have generated enough votes to force Rahm into a runoff. (CMB took out leaders that would have attracted more of the black vote). Here are the stats: http://chicagoelections.com/wdlevel3.asp?e…
Re: “With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?”
"Let's see: CPS agreed to hire more social workers; CPS agreed to make textbooks available to students on the first day of school; CPS agreed to hire more nurses; CPS agreed to monitor the workloads of clinicians, counselors, and special education teachers; and CPS agreed to provide clinicians with private space in which to meet with and support students."
As I'm sure you know, Shorty, in the collective bargaining process it is quite common for one side (especially the employer) to hold off on something it would have done anyway until the end of the negotiating process. That way the other side may feel it has achieved something and thus could think it a little less necessary to fight quite as hard on other issues. Do you have any evidence that CPS would not have added more social workers and done some of the other things you mentioned even in the absence of this negotiation? And, of course, there is a reason why there might be a shortage of social workers in the first place, why there are questions about the workload of clinicians, counselors, and special education teachers, and why there may have been problems with getting students textbooks in a timely manner. It is because the district is constantly broke and lacks the funds to do even many of the essential things that should be expected. It can't even come close funding the level of special education educations program that are required by the federal government and hasn't for years. So if you'd like to look at the entire context of the things you mention it is necessary to look at the reasons why the district is constantly broke. One of these is the level of certain fixed expenses that is obligated by union contracts.
"What do you have against nurses, social workers, psychologists, and special education teachers? Hell, what do you have against the kids they work with every day? Sheesh. Some people."
Huh? What makes you think I have anything against nurses, social workers, psychologists, special education teachers, or the students they work with?