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Illinois’ Reckless $45 Billion Capital Spending Binge
When Governor Pritzker announced a $41.5 billion capital spending plan a couple weeks ago we thought it was surely just a pie-in-the-sky first offer – that economic realities and unpopular tax hikes needed to fund so massive a plan would … Continue reading →
Interesting Position: Teachers union seeks 5 percent raises, says ‘rich people’ will pay for them
Teachers union seeks 5 percent raises, says ‘rich people’ will pay for them. Chicago Teachers Union leaders on Tuesday submitted their first contract proposals — including 5-percent pay raises — to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office, though most negotiations are expected … Continue reading →
Chicago’s Annual Summer Shooting Season Begins !!!
This weekend marked the start of the annual Summer Shooting Season. Similar to last year, we’ll expect to see around 250 homicides and an additional 1,000 shot and wounded between now and Labor Day weekend. Final Shoot-o-Rahm-a Tally: 8 killed, … Continue reading →
The Parents of Norridge SD 80 Students at Enger Continue To Face Challenges Created By LASEC
So Norridge SD81 Administration has worked diligently with the Illinois legislature to ensure the continued enrollment at Enger only to encounter Amendment 2 To SB 2344 introduced at the request of Leyden and Norwood Park area Superintendents to frustrate the … Continue reading →
Trump Directive Spurs Proposal To Delay IDEA Rule
The Trump administration is officially proceeding with plans to delay an Obama-era rule that aimed to ensure students from certain backgrounds aren’t wrongly placed in special education. The U.S. Department of Education is issuing a notice in the Federal Register … Continue reading →
New Horizon Center’s 11th Annual Pre-St. Patty’s Day Charity Pub Crawl
Join us at the 11th Annual St Patty’s Day Pub Tour! #edisonpark #stpattysday #chicago #fundraiser #supportautism
Experts warn not to link autism to violence after Florida shooting
Autism experts are cautioning against linking the spectrum disorder to violence in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, shooting that killed 17. Several news media outlets included in their coverage of the attack that alleged shooter Nikolas Cruz, 19, had autism, … Continue reading →
Six Ethics of Life……….
Six ethics of life… Before you pray… Believe Before you speak… Listen Before you spend… Earn Before you write… Think Before you quit… Try Before you die… Live
“Pity The Nation Whose People Are Sheep………”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti decades ago wrote and it gives me chills to read it today: “Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots … Continue reading →