Chicago Teachers Union begins 3-day citywide march
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
CHICAGO (AP) Hundreds of teachers, parents and students took to Chicago's streets Saturday, the first of three days of marches to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close dozens of city school.
The show of force was meant to add weight to a pair of lawsuits filed in recent days. Police-escorted processions snaked through numerous neighborhoods, with protesters stopping at schools, chanting and holding signs with slogans such as "Quality Schools For All Kids."
"It's extremely important that we continue our fight for education justice," Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said outside an elementary school on the city's West Side. "It's extraordinarily important to have schools in communities because even if they're not where you want them to be at this moment, you have to plan for the future."
The Chicago Board of Education is set to vote on the plan to close 54 schools in the coming days.
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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Chicago-Teachers-Union-begins-3-day-citywide-march-4527508.php
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AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)n/t
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(38,893 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)"At the same time, however, Emanuel was on the payroll of Goldman Sachs, receiving $3,000 per month from the firm to introduce us to people, in the words of one Goldman partner at the time. This is certainly a noteworthy relationship, but its one that has almost entirely escaped scrutiny.
"Corporations and partnerships are and were at the time prohibited by law from contributing to federal candidates out of the corporate coffers. So, while Rahm tapped Goldman employees personally for six figures in gifts to Clintons candidacymore than any other firmGoldman, as a company, was helping keep Clintons top fundraiser well-fed.
"When you look at the explanations Goldman and Emanuel gave for Emanuels employmenthe was advising on local political races or introduc[ing] us to peopleits easy to suspect that Goldman was using firm money to fund the Clinton campaign by paying the campaigns top fundraiser for nebulous consulting workall while the campaign was in debt and delaying paychecks to campaign staff.
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/rahm-emanuels-ties-to-goldman-sachs
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(38,893 posts)Teamster Jeff
(1,598 posts)Karen Lewis is an ass kicker
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(191 posts)I'm sure if we close loopholes for tax dodgers, raise corporate taxes along with adding a graduated consumption tax for individuals earning 60, 000$ or more, we can more than make up for revenue lost from ending weapons exports!