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joining us on the weekend

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review. I'm Nick Blumberg.

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Amanda has the evening off.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson says

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some alders are acting more

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like adolescence. Some of the

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steps and measures that are

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being taken. These are some of

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visions of having tantrums

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right now. It's time to grow

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up. People. Chicago have time

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for The mayor cuts his

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proposed property tax increase

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in half to 150 million

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dollars.

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>> That's as a budget deal is

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still a ways off with a

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December 31st. Deadline

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approaching fast after months

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of negotiations with no

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contract, Chicago teachers,

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Union members rally trying to

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put pressure on the school CEO

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and calling on the mayor for

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an assist. Meanwhile, Cook

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County Board, President Toni

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Preckwinkle applauds passage

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of the county's budget with no

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property tax or fee hikes.

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Prosecutions should be based

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on facts.

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>> Prosecution should not case

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on. thanks to This was a

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vindictive persecution, not

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prosecution. Lets them make

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any mistake about that.

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>> The state Supreme Court

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overturned Jussie Smollett's

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conviction for faking a hate

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crime against himself and in

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federal court, former alderman

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turned FBI mole Danny Solis

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takes the stand in the

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corruption trial of former

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House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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>> And now to our week in

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review panel. Joining us are

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Jake Sheridan of the Chicago

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Tribune, Melody Mercado of

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Block Club. Chicago, Rima, I

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mean, of Chalk beat Chicago

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and Rob Heart of WBBM

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Newsradio. Thank you all for

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being here. Let's get right to

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it, Jake. We just saw some of

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Mayor Johnson's evident

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frustration with the city

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Council there. Is it fair to

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say that frustration goes both

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ways right now? It's

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definitely goes both ways. You

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know, the city council.

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>> Is super frustrated with

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the original 300 million

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dollar proposal. That's why

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they struck it down. You know,

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has has played in the intro.

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The mayors, current proposal

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is 150 million dollar property

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tax hike with $150 of other

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tax reasons. That's mostly on

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cloud computing software and

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subscription. your Netflix as

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well as some efficiencies in

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federal stimulus money

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spending. you know, whether or

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not that new 150 million

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dollar property tax hike

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actually sticks. That's a huge

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question. The city Council

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right now, aldermen are still

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really frustrated with that

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property tax hike. Do we have

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a good sense of how they got

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to one 50 versus 302 alders

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staff are being transparent

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are collaborating. You know, I

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tax hike came out.

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frustrated with that number

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and felt like the mayor wasn't

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speaking with them. The mayor

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certainly said that he's

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collaborating more and, you

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alderman, it seems like they

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feel that way, too. But some

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were caught off guard by this.

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150 million dollar number when

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it came out on You know, I

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think a lot of alderman still

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want to see that number come

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down more they sense more

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collaboration. I don't know if

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they feel like the budget that

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the property tax hike is where

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for example, alderman Jeanette

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down to one 20. So it seems

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like they still want more.

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that number 0. So we're

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actually lands. It's

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see. I think there's a really

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good chance to come down

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farther. think a lot of people

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want to see it at I mean, you

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know, Rob, this is a tactic

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you see sometimes propose a

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huge increase and then walk it

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back to lessen the blow. Given

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the infighting, though, that,

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another folks. Does that feel

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like what's happening here? Is

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this a negotiating tactic or

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is this just genuinely kind of

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a messy budget process? I

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think it's a messy budget

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process. I mean, the question

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here is your asking.

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>> As the mayor of the city of

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Chicago with a 14% approval

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rating. You are asking members

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of the city council to vote

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for a property tax hike which

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in and of itself as

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politically unpopular and puts

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their political futures in

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jeopardy. And unless you can

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say look down the line, I'm

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going to protect you

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electorally in 2027. Do you

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take that risk? Yeah, it's

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it's pretty big gamble for a

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lot of folks. Melody. It's not

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necessarily going to plug the

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city's budget deficit, but the

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block club, CBS investigation

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out this week.

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>> We kind of city is owed

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some 28 million dollars in

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police overtime payments from

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special event. Organizers. Why

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haven't they paid up?

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dollar figure is just from

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this year alone. talking tens

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of millions of dollars of

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unpaid geared toward street

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festivals and special events.

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not talking to each through a

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lot of record requests. We

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found that the city is

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actually not retroactively

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charging for this over time,

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by city ordinance. And of

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course, festival producers

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necessarily know that they're

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supposed to be paying this

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back and personally about the

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festival organizer. I don't

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know if I would want to avoid

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Milton Valieva expensive

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police overtime. Yeah. I think

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that's the kind of thing that

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unless the bill comes to

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to be effort to force

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organizers pay up here?

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be some sort of collaborative

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effort to make this more

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equitable for possible

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producers. It's no secret that

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producing street festivals,

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your favorite neighborhood.

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She festivals have gotten more

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expensive because of

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inflation. And and the street

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festivals are not allowed to

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retroactively charge an

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entrance fee. So they're not

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they're not able to work with

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a lot of of money here when

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when it comes to profit. But

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at the end of the day, it is a

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city ordinance. And the

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question is, do we get rid of

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that? Do we fix it somehow to

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cuts to that where it may be

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their only paying a

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percentage. CPD has said that

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table here and they're asking

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that they could be

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retroactively more part of

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this process with case so that

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they can figure something out.

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working a lot of overtime. Cpd

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has a shortage right now. It's

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no secret and so pulling some

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of your officers from the

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divisions and what not to

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patrol a street festival is

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productive for CPD. And it

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there's about 50 festivals

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time that the mayor is working

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on the city budget. Choppy

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reporting this week, the

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Chicago teachers Union is

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asking the mayor to help move

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things along with their

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contract negotiations. Do we

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have any sense of whether the

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mayor's jumping into the sea

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tu contract debate, whether

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he's got the bandwidth for So

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response to the union.

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President Stacy Davis, Gates

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is formal letter to the mayor

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asking him to kind of step

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>> Of course, the mayor and

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the CTU are very close allies.

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I, you know, he I am sure you

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get regular updates about

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contract negotiations from his

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allies or from his deputy

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mayor labor prison early. But,

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you know, pretty early to tell

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us and other news

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organizations that the the

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Johnson administration doesn't

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actually feel like CPS as

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bargaining. Good faith. They

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are pretty extraordinary

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comments that she made last

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night. And so that could be a

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signal that city Hall may may

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step in here and turn up the

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heat a little bit. It's

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interesting. Usually in the

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past couple rounds of

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negotiations, you seen seat.

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He's bashing the mayor here.

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They're asking the mayor to

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jump into the fray. Yeah,

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absolutely. And a different

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political environment. The CTU

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responsible for getting the

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mayor elect, you know, and so

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they see a friend city hall.

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ideologically aligned with a I

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negotiations are approached

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this time around. Yeah, I want

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to come back to to you. But,

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you know, Jay, kind of put a

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bow on some of the budget

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conversation. How close does

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it look like? We're going to

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get to the December 31st

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deadline before this deal? You

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know, I was talking with an

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alderman today at City Hall,

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and I told them I think

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there's a one percent chance

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that I'm gonna have to cancel

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many said you said it's higher

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than one percent So, you know,

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I will certainly get closer

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than we've been recent years.

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You know, most budgets, our

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resolve by now, we're going to

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get into the mid December

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without a doubt.

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>> There's a lot of holidays.

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Lot of people are out of town.

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It's hard to make and it's

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going to be harder to do the

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kind of deal making that's

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going to be needed to close

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this. So, you know, it's it's

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a really they deal with the

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city goes past December 31st.

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I don't think anyone in the

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city council. I don't think

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that anyone the mayor's office

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wants to do that. So they got

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to get a deal, it might be

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closer to new years than other

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years. Okay. Well, hopefully

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you don't have to put the

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champagne away just yet. We'll

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see what in a remote back to

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to the CTU. They held a rally

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yesterday pledging to

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>> resist President-elect

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Trump in the project. 2025

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agenda that's been laid out by

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the Heritage Foundation. What

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exactly was the union calling

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for their so the you know,

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exactly kind of what you said

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that if there are mandates

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federally that are, you know,

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will be targeted. It will be

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targeting LGBTQ students, for

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example, are marginalized

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populations.

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>> They want to push back

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against that. They raise

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question of whether Trump is

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going to get rid of the

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Department of Education and

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what that means for funding

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for schools. But they also use

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the rally to turn up again.

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The Heat on CPS CEO Peter

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Martinez and really just

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calling for CPS to come to a

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deal. And, you know, district

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leaders actually yesterday

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kind of presenting their side

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of negotiations. And so

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yesterday was very heavy on

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both sides, kind of publicly,

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despite a little bit about

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what's going on. Yeah, it

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seems like from from other

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reporting, the 2 sides are

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still fairly far apart. There

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might be dependent fact finder

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coming in. But

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>> who knows what comes of

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that? It still seems pretty

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contentious still seems pretty

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contentious. You know, we

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don't have any sense that this

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is heading towards a strike as

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it has in previous contract

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years.

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>> Yeah, things are really

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tense. And of course, for the

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past couple months, CPS CEO

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Martinez's job has been in

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question. The mayor has asked

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him to resign and he's he's

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still overseeing Chicago

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schools. And there's a lot of

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leadership shakeups happening

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at the same time that these

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negotiations are happening. So

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it's very tense. What I'll

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say. Yeah, I mean, in the CTU

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is, you know, among lots of

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different organizations

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thinking through what a second

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Trump administration might

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look like. But if you look at

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an organization, you know,

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like a labor union, Rob, how

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much exactly is there that

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they can do to to you know,

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this, whatever this

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administration tries to enact

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so they can put they can plant

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their flag. But I think

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there's a much larger issue,

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though. We talk about local

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>> institutions and what

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they're going to do. And a

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second Trump administration.

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And that is look at the map of

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the city of Chicago on

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Election Day, November 5th of

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this year.

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>> And where Republicans and

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where Donald Trump made his

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greatest gains mean, obviously

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it's where the cops and the

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firefighters live at his

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apartment. Greenwood. But if

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you look at at the near

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Southwest side, a lot of

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Hispanic neighborhoods is

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where Donald Trump made his

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greatest gains compared to

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2020. And if if I'm a local

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institution trying to figure

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out how do you plot a course

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of the future? Look back to

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Election Day and see, why did

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why were they receptive to his

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message? What did they like

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about what the the Trump

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campaign was selling and then

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cater your response to

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addressing some of their

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needs.

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>> Yeah, trying to to meet

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folks where they're at which

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could be a tall order for some

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of the CT leadership given,

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you know, a lot of the

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progressive positions that

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they stake out. As we

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mentioned in the setup package

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of the state Supreme Court

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overturned Jussie Smollett's

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hate hoax. Hate crime

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convictions say that 5 times

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polity is this never ending

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saga coming to an end.

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Finally, please. I I hope so.

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Yeah. I think for everyone's

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sake, I think I you know, I

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think we can say that this

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book is close. And I think

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that

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>> we're seeing one person in

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particular take a victory lap

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here. And states attorney Kim

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Foxx.

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>> Who has repeatedly said

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that it should have been

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overturned because essentially

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you can't try someone twice.

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She argues that that is what

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happened. And and so, you

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know, I think it's sad. And

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and hopefully this time, yes,

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on interview with her, she was

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saying this is criminal

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procedure. once I mean, is she

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sort of closing out her

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tenure?

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>> You have to imagine this is

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a positive note for you to be

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ending Yeah, absolutely. And

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we've seen her making the

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media tours as well and she's

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really push how she feels that

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some people will call more

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progressive agenda has been

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successful and overturning

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about 250 wrongful convictions

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making work to bring into

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light issues with police,

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torture and things of that

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nature. And Jake, that the

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city budget is all drama.

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Meanwhile, the other side of

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the building over head Cook

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County, they pass this sort of

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good news budget this week.

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Just how stark a contrast are

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we looking at here? Yeah,

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well, the procedure is one big

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difference, You know, the the

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county got their budget

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through.

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>> Like basically instantly.

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Meanwhile, the city is months

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into a process that doesn't

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really have an end in sight

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and no one's really sure where

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it's going to go right now.

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You know, I think the other

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big difference, of course, is

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the county didn't after his

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property taxes, which is the

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good news that President Toni

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Preckwinkle is talking about.

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Yeah, and you have a lot fewer

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commissioners that you have to

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to try. instead 50 many mayors

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trying to agree you know, with

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robbed former Alderman Danny

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Solis began his testimony this

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week in Michael Madigan's

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corruption trial wasn't on the

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stand for very long before

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they broke for the week. The

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judge also told the jury they

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should expect to be in court

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well into January. Any

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surprise there given the pace

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so far? I am getting

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flashbacks to 2005, 2006,

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which I cannot believe that 20

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0, 5, is almost 20 years ago.

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But Georgia George Ryan

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corruption trial, which I

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covered when I when I first

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came back to Chicago as a

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reporter, that trial began in

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October of '05 deliver. It

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continued all the way until

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April that and that is when

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the jury reached its verdict.

533
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>> And that was so long ago

534
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when you go to the Dirksen

535
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Federal Building and babysit

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jury deliberations, maybe they

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have a verdict today. This is

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before smartphones. So like

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you had rely on the kindness

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of strangers like maybe palm,

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could give you his old beat up

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Sun-Times. And you could read

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that the past the time, but

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that that that that happens. I

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mean, if you're a juror that

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trial and you could go well

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into next year because you

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have to go through every

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single little thing. Your

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financial records and stuff

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like that. Forensic

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accounting. that's that's

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that's public service for you.

554
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It certainly is. It's not

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always pretty. But someone to

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take with.

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>> Remove with with vote

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counting coming to an end this

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week. Voter turnout for school

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board races pretty high of 53%

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of registered voters. What do

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you think? Got Chicago and so

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engaged in this election?

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Yeah. So the fact that this

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happened in a presidential

566
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race year in a general

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election, huge reason that's

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according to experts and the

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Board of Elections.

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>> And we'll see more of that

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in future school board

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elections that happened in

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presidential election years.

574
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Also, you know, an expert was

575
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telling us that the fact that

576
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this was a novel election,

577
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that this was something that

578
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you noticed, advocates and

579
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organizers have been pushing

580
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for for a long time. Also

581
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helped in so lots of different

582
00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:08,833
factors there. And, you know,

583
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I should note that 53% of

584
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registered voters, but of the

585
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people actually showed up to

586
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the polls. It was actually

587
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closer to 80%. Really? So a

588
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good deal interest there.

589
00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:20,766
yeah. I mean it as we look

590
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forward to having a fully

591
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elected school board in a

592
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couple of years. You have to

593
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wonder whether that enthusiasm

594
00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,366
will hold once it's lined up

595
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with the midterms. Yeah. And

596
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you know this the same expert

597
00:16:29,133 --> 00:16:31,533
I talked to said that, you

598
00:16:30,666 --> 00:16:32,800
know, you're going to have

599
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some incumbents running, but

600
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then you're also gonna have

601
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new new seats opening up. And

602
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so

603
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>> that could keep the energy

604
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going. But if you look, you

605
00:16:38,233 --> 00:16:41,166
know, 5.10, years out and you

606
00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:44,400
kind of see it when down to

607
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20%, you should be.

608
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>> Totally surprised. But I'm

609
00:16:45,133 --> 00:16:48,366
choosing to stay optimistic.

610
00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:49,800
So, there was also really

611
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interesting. You Chicago study

612
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out this week about English

613
00:16:50,733 --> 00:16:55,333
learners. They found

614
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>> folks to become fluent by

615
00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:58,266
9th grade. They graduate at

616
00:16:56,066 --> 00:17:00,466
higher rates than their peers

617
00:16:58,266 --> 00:17:01,566
late arriving English learners

618
00:17:00,466 --> 00:17:02,500
graduate at lower rates. Tell

619
00:17:01,566 --> 00:17:05,233
us a little bit about, you

620
00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:06,566
know what, what that study

621
00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,300
found and what it point to

622
00:17:06,566 --> 00:17:09,033
with the approach CPS needs to

623
00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:10,533
take. Yeah. So when you look

624
00:17:09,033 --> 00:17:11,700
at public data for English

625
00:17:10,533 --> 00:17:12,466
language learners that focuses

626
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on just kids who are currently

627
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learning English as a new

628
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:16,033
language. The research study,

629
00:17:15,266 --> 00:17:18,400
you know, to kind of separate

630
00:17:16,033 --> 00:17:19,200
those things out and draw

631
00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:19,833
attention to the fact that

632
00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,033
this group of students,

633
00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:23,366
there's a lot of nuance there.

634
00:17:22,033 --> 00:17:24,966
And so they found yes, that

635
00:17:23,366 --> 00:17:26,200
former English language

636
00:17:24,966 --> 00:17:27,933
learners really out pace,

637
00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,900
graduation rates grades SAT

638
00:17:27,933 --> 00:17:30,100
scores.

639
00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:30,833
>> Compared to their peers

640
00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:33,033
district-wide. But then when

641
00:17:30,833 --> 00:17:33,766
you look at kids who have who

642
00:17:33,033 --> 00:17:35,500
have not necessarily been

643
00:17:33,766 --> 00:17:38,466
deemed by the district fluent

644
00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:39,700
in English, they overall

645
00:17:38,466 --> 00:17:43,366
average. Lower GPA is are less

646
00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:44,033
likely to graduate on time.

647
00:17:43,366 --> 00:17:44,933
And so, you know, the point

648
00:17:44,033 --> 00:17:45,666
was that this should help us

649
00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:49,533
target supports for different

650
00:17:45,666 --> 00:17:50,466
kinds students and try to

651
00:17:49,533 --> 00:17:52,900
figure out, you know, what

652
00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:53,833
might what might be behind

653
00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:55,466
those those figures? Yeah, I

654
00:17:53,833 --> 00:17:56,933
mean, you know, when you look

655
00:17:55,466 --> 00:17:57,866
at all the, you know, the

656
00:17:56,933 --> 00:17:58,633
thousands of new arrivals that

657
00:17:57,866 --> 00:18:00,700
the city has seen in the last

658
00:17:58,633 --> 00:18:01,800
couple of years.

659
00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:02,766
>> melody, when you think

660
00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,066
about tailoring support to

661
00:18:02,766 --> 00:18:07,333
students the work we've seen

662
00:18:05,066 --> 00:18:08,100
CPS schools, all sorts of, you

663
00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:10,100
know, parts of the try to help

664
00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:12,000
meet the needs of these folks.

665
00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:12,933
Just how important is it to

666
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,266
take these sorts of things

667
00:18:12,933 --> 00:18:15,000
into account when you have,

668
00:18:14,266 --> 00:18:17,566
you know, an influx of folks

669
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,266
coming into town. I mean,

670
00:18:17,566 --> 00:18:21,200
incredibly important. These

671
00:18:18,266 --> 00:18:21,966
are folks that, you know,

672
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,233
>> are highly likely to stay

673
00:18:21,966 --> 00:18:24,933
within the city of Chicago.

674
00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:27,933
And it's worth investing in

675
00:18:24,933 --> 00:18:28,833
these young people so that

676
00:18:27,933 --> 00:18:32,300
they can get back to the city

677
00:18:28,833 --> 00:18:33,066
in terms of whether that mean.

678
00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:36,433
>> State staying here buying a

679
00:18:33,066 --> 00:18:37,466
home, having a family.

680
00:18:36,433 --> 00:18:39,366
>> You know, going for that

681
00:18:37,466 --> 00:18:40,500
career that they've always

682
00:18:39,366 --> 00:18:41,300
wanted to and not having a

683
00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,066
language barrier being

684
00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:45,466
something that stops them from

685
00:18:42,066 --> 00:18:46,700
doing that. Yeah, mean, it.

686
00:18:45,466 --> 00:18:47,366
>> You know, these sorts of

687
00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,066
issues, the classroom

688
00:18:47,366 --> 00:18:51,700
resources that CTU wants to

689
00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:53,466
see. I mean, how much did you

690
00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,566
know? Does this play at all

691
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,400
into the question of contract

692
00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:57,466
negotiations? Yeah. So one of

693
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,633
the things that the union says

694
00:18:57,466 --> 00:19:00,600
they're really far apart on is

695
00:18:58,633 --> 00:19:02,333
beefing up bilingual staffing.

696
00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,400
You know, the district has

697
00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:04,100
routinely violated state laws

698
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,466
when it comes to providing

699
00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:06,833
enough filing, you'll

700
00:19:06,466 --> 00:19:07,600
staffing.

701
00:19:06,833 --> 00:19:08,333
>> The district is in a very

702
00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:12,100
tough financial position right

703
00:19:08,333 --> 00:19:14,133
now. And so that appears to be

704
00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:16,100
one reason why they're so far

705
00:19:14,133 --> 00:19:18,066
apart hiring lots more people

706
00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:20,066
more than they already have.

707
00:19:18,066 --> 00:19:20,966
And when you look at, you know

708
00:19:20,066 --> 00:19:21,600
that the ongoing back and

709
00:19:20,966 --> 00:19:25,233
forth over CPS CEO Pedro

710
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,000
Martinez, you know, the the

711
00:19:25,233 --> 00:19:29,200
district or the union, rather,

712
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:31,033
you know, trying to call Mayor

713
00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,433
Johnson in for support on the

714
00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:33,433
contract negotiations. I mean,

715
00:19:32,433 --> 00:19:35,300
how difficult does that make

716
00:19:33,433 --> 00:19:36,000
it take to to get a deal done

717
00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:36,566
when they're still all this

718
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,733
uncertainty about the

719
00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:40,700
leadership at the top of CPS.

720
00:19:39,733 --> 00:19:42,866
>> I think it makes it

721
00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:43,766
probably incredibly difficult

722
00:19:42,866 --> 00:19:44,766
to to not have a ton of

723
00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:45,466
directions, not have that

724
00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:47,466
stability to close the deal.

725
00:19:45,466 --> 00:19:48,433
You know, it's it's really

726
00:19:47,466 --> 00:19:49,400
hard.

727
00:19:48,433 --> 00:19:50,200
>> There is some more

728
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education news this week. Rob.

729
00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,666
Lisa, President elect Trump

730
00:19:53,933 --> 00:19:56,366
Tap former wrestling executive

731
00:19:54,666 --> 00:19:58,000
Linda McMahon to lead the U.S.

732
00:19:56,366 --> 00:19:59,866
Department of Education. She

733
00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,633
also ahead of the Small

734
00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:03,300
Business administration during

735
00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:05,233
Trump's first term. Is she

736
00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:05,900
there to to dismantle the

737
00:20:05,233 --> 00:20:07,300
Education Department? It's

738
00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,400
been a target before. Well, I

739
00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:10,233
think that it has been a

740
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,466
target before over the course

741
00:20:10,233 --> 00:20:12,233
of the decades. That has been

742
00:20:11,466 --> 00:20:14,566
part of like the conservative

743
00:20:12,233 --> 00:20:15,300
wishlist going back.

744
00:20:14,566 --> 00:20:16,066
>> To the establishment of the

745
00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:18,600
Department of Education in the

746
00:20:16,066 --> 00:20:20,766
early 80's when it was cleaved

747
00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,033
off of the Old Department of

748
00:20:20,766 --> 00:20:23,500
Health, Education and welfare.

749
00:20:22,033 --> 00:20:26,333
Probably easier to do that in

750
00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:27,400
1982. Compared to today

751
00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:29,266
because if you want to

752
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,000
dismantle the Department of

753
00:20:29,266 --> 00:20:30,766
Education and do as President

754
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,166
elect Trump says, send it back

755
00:20:30,766 --> 00:20:34,066
to the states. You're saying

756
00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:36,866
to the 50 states including

757
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:38,766
some states that elected him

758
00:20:36,866 --> 00:20:41,000
overwhelmingly. Here you go.

759
00:20:38,766 --> 00:20:43,766
Please establish and put

760
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,500
together a large education

761
00:20:43,766 --> 00:20:45,200
bureaucracy to take care of

762
00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:46,200
all the functions that Uncle

763
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,933
Sam took care of. And on top

764
00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,733
of that, you have a lot of

765
00:20:49,933 --> 00:20:52,800
parents nationwide who may

766
00:20:50,733 --> 00:20:53,600
have children who are reliant

767
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,533
on services funded by the

768
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,400
Department of Education and

769
00:20:54,533 --> 00:20:58,333
going back to Old City Council

770
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,233
discussion, members of the

771
00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:01,533
House and Senate. If they feel

772
00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,300
that their electoral future is

773
00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:03,066
in jeopardy, they're not gonna

774
00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:05,800
be behind that. Yeah, mean, is

775
00:21:03,066 --> 00:21:07,833
is this the kind of thing that

776
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,200
but CPS is looking at with

777
00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:10,900
perhaps worry or they sort of

778
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,900
feeling like let's see where

779
00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,866
this goes. Things are status

780
00:21:11,900 --> 00:21:15,066
quo for right now. Yeah, I

781
00:21:13,866 --> 00:21:15,933
think some of the concerns are

782
00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:16,500
around what the federal

783
00:21:15,933 --> 00:21:17,733
government provides,

784
00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:19,200
obviously, which doesn't make

785
00:21:17,733 --> 00:21:19,966
up.

786
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,700
>> You know, huge part of the

787
00:21:19,966 --> 00:21:23,733
district's budget, but that's

788
00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:26,400
where you get federal grants.

789
00:21:23,733 --> 00:21:27,066
That's where title one money

790
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,700
title I'm sorry. Title One

791
00:21:27,066 --> 00:21:28,400
Money which supports, you

792
00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:29,100
know, schools with lots of

793
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,833
kids from low-income

794
00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:32,633
households. That's where that

795
00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:33,600
money comes from to. So

796
00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:34,400
there's I think there's a

797
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,233
question internally about, you

798
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:39,066
know, what are we do if this

799
00:21:38,233 --> 00:21:41,333
funding kind of dries up or

800
00:21:39,066 --> 00:21:41,966
isn't quite available anymore?

801
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,666
Yeah, well, and you know,

802
00:21:41,966 --> 00:21:45,133
looking ahead to the second

803
00:21:42,666 --> 00:21:45,466
Trump administration, we also

804
00:21:45,133 --> 00:21:46,233
heard.

805
00:21:45,466 --> 00:21:48,200
>> The mayor earlier this week

806
00:21:46,233 --> 00:21:50,200
reiterate some of his comments

807
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,366
about Chicago remaining a

808
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,233
sanctuary city. Did we hear

809
00:21:51,366 --> 00:21:54,066
anything new from the mayor

810
00:21:53,233 --> 00:21:55,166
about preparations they're

811
00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:56,400
taking or is he just sort of

812
00:21:55,166 --> 00:21:58,033
reiterating their stance? Know

813
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,800
he's he's reiterating its

814
00:21:58,033 --> 00:21:59,633
stance. He you know, he hasn't

815
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,700
didn't really say anything new

816
00:21:59,633 --> 00:22:04,666
this week. But, you know, it's

817
00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:05,833
it's stuck out to He's taken

818
00:22:04,666 --> 00:22:06,600
shots at Donald Trump, Thomas,

819
00:22:05,833 --> 00:22:09,400
like he's going a bit. I think

820
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,433
you called Donald Trump.

821
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,866
>> Soft and small. And then he

822
00:22:10,433 --> 00:22:13,566
said unlike in Chicago were

823
00:22:12,866 --> 00:22:14,266
big and strong. So, you know,

824
00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:16,900
he's he's taking a lot of

825
00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:17,700
shots of the president-elect.

826
00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:19,466
>> I mean, is that the kind of

827
00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:20,133
thing that could potentially

828
00:22:19,466 --> 00:22:20,833
backfire? I mean, you know,

829
00:22:20,133 --> 00:22:21,866
when Joe Biden in the White

830
00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:22,933
House are still is, you know,

831
00:22:21,866 --> 00:22:24,633
it's a lot easier for Mayor

832
00:22:22,933 --> 00:22:26,833
Johnson to pick up the phone

833
00:22:24,633 --> 00:22:27,533
and talk to someone has a good

834
00:22:26,833 --> 00:22:29,233
relationship with certainly

835
00:22:27,533 --> 00:22:32,066
having a Democratic president

836
00:22:29,233 --> 00:22:32,800
helps. But it is the

837
00:22:32,066 --> 00:22:34,566
antagonism worth it You know,

838
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,300
I'm not sure. And I think time

839
00:22:34,566 --> 00:22:35,966
will tell. The mayor was also

840
00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:37,666
clear that, you know, he's

841
00:22:35,966 --> 00:22:40,066
he's ready to try to work with

842
00:22:37,666 --> 00:22:43,966
Donald Trump where where their

843
00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:46,000
interests aligned. So, you

844
00:22:43,966 --> 00:22:48,133
know, Donald Trump's also

845
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,300
someone who hasn't taken jokes

846
00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:51,200
like that super well well,

847
00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:53,933
speaking of an outlet known

848
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,266
for its jokes, a conspiracy

849
00:22:53,933 --> 00:22:56,033
theorist, Alex Jones is a

850
00:22:55,266 --> 00:22:58,766
site. Infowars went up on the

851
00:22:56,033 --> 00:22:59,466
auction block, sold to pay off

852
00:22:58,766 --> 00:23:03,500
Sandy Hook families that a

853
00:22:59,466 --> 00:23:04,566
court found Jones defamed

854
00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:05,500
Chicago zone. Satirical news

855
00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:08,633
hate the Onion bought it to

856
00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:09,666
make Infowars into a parity.

857
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Melanie, what kind of an

858
00:23:09,666 --> 00:23:14,533
impact do you think that might

859
00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:15,433
have? Well, Alex Jones is

860
00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:16,200
already fighting it. And

861
00:23:15,433 --> 00:23:20,733
there's he's saying that there

862
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was a higher better.

863
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,300
>> But reality, it's financial

864
00:23:22,233 --> 00:23:26,166
package. There was the money

865
00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:28,266
that's owed to the Sandy Hook

866
00:23:26,166 --> 00:23:30,300
parents. They fungal that in

867
00:23:28,266 --> 00:23:30,966
into their bid. And so that

868
00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:31,700
made their bid valued at

869
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7 Million. And Alex Jones is

870
00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:35,566
like, oh, you can't do that.

871
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So he's trying to fight it in

872
00:23:35,566 --> 00:23:40,166
court. But we'll see what

873
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happens. I mean, at the end of

874
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the day, if they do end up

875
00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:43,333
getting it, turning it into a

876
00:23:42,566 --> 00:23:45,400
parody site which some people

877
00:23:43,333 --> 00:23:48,233
probably already are. You?

878
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,366
That's better than what it is

879
00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:52,433
now will be interesting to see

880
00:23:50,366 --> 00:23:53,233
how that ends Robert,

881
00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:54,000
something like this likely to

882
00:23:53,233 --> 00:23:55,500
change minds. I mean, is this

883
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,966
just going to be like a

884
00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:58,700
digital version of the Cold

885
00:23:57,966 --> 00:24:01,000
Air reporter, something? think

886
00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:02,100
what what the Trump era.

887
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,666
>> And the Alex Jones content

888
00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:06,166
and it's all kind of

889
00:24:03,666 --> 00:24:08,833
intertwined. It's impossible

890
00:24:06,166 --> 00:24:10,966
to parity. The reality shoots

891
00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:12,733
past parity every single time.

892
00:24:10,966 --> 00:24:14,633
In fact, I think if the onion

893
00:24:12,733 --> 00:24:16,400
really wants to provide a

894
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service turn in 4 wars and the

895
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,800
like old-fashioned art bell

896
00:24:18,933 --> 00:24:22,633
style conspiracies, like talk

897
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,433
about area. 51 talk about, you

898
00:24:22,633 --> 00:24:26,333
know, people being abducted by

899
00:24:25,433 --> 00:24:27,333
aliens.

900
00:24:26,333 --> 00:24:31,300
>> Talk about, you know,

901
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:32,433
little green bring back old

902
00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,366
school conspiracies that this

903
00:24:32,433 --> 00:24:35,500
this stuff to give us the X

904
00:24:33,366 --> 00:24:37,566
files to get to the good

905
00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:38,800
stuff. Well, I appreciate that

906
00:24:37,566 --> 00:24:39,466
you for certainly not little

907
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,233
green men. We appreciate

908
00:24:39,466 --> 00:24:44,166
having you all here. Take

909
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Sheridan, Melody Mercado.

910
00:24:44,166 --> 00:24:47,500
>> Rima, mean, and Rob Heart

911
00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:52,166
and we are back to wrap things

912
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up right after this.

913
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>> Chicago tonight is made

914
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possible in part by the

915
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Alexander and John Nichols

916
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family. The Pope Brothers

917
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Foundation, additional support

918
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is provided by.

919
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>> And that's our show for

920
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this Friday night. Don't

921
00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:15,233
forget, you can get Chicago

922
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tonight and the weekend review

923
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924
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and our Web site W T Tw Dot

925
00:25:17,966 --> 00:25:22,600
com Slash News now for the

926
00:25:21,966 --> 00:25:23,900
weekend review. I'm Nick

927
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,566
Blumberg. Thank you for

928
00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:27,400
watching. Stay healthy and

929
00:25:24,566 --> 00:25:28,633
safe and have a good weekend.

930
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,633
All right. How how badly did

931
00:25:28,633 --> 00:25:32,833
everybody get hosed in the

932
00:25:31,633 --> 00:25:33,633
snowstorm yesterday morning?

933
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Did you have to leave I

934
00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:37,500
actually had to cover rally

935
00:25:36,566 --> 00:25:41,500
and it stopped snowing, but

936
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:42,166
started raining just the worst

937
00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:42,900
possible light for of the

938
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,900
season. Love to you know, you

939
00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:44,733
have to we know it's going to

940
00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:46,733
happen every year and yet we

941
00:25:44,733 --> 00:25:47,933
still cannot help but

942
00:25:46,733 --> 00:25:49,733
complain. I think it's in DNA

943
00:25:47,933 --> 00:25:51,566
that was on the night was it

944
00:25:49,733 --> 00:25:52,700
was like a snow globe. I

945
00:25:51,566 --> 00:25:55,800
couldn't see like what is

946
00:25:52,700 --> 00:26:02,433
this? That's kind of a fun guy

947
00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:03,166
to look out at I just stayed

948
00:26:02,433 --> 00:26:04,566
remind that always makes me

949
00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:07,500
think of when I was a reporter

950
00:26:04,566 --> 00:26:08,566
in Phoenix, I was in a radio

951
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,433
studio and I looked out the

952
00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:11,433
window when a sand storm was

953
00:26:09,433 --> 00:26:14,500
coming like we were just

954
00:26:11,433 --> 00:26:15,466
getting envelop allows you no

955
00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:18,133
visibility whatsoever.

956
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>> But is a good have never

957
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experienced the help. before I

958
00:26:18,866 --> 00:26:29,266
cannot to say it

959
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>> Closed caption was made

960
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possible by Robert a And

961
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Clifford Law a personal injury

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law firm committed to giving