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*** UPDATED x1 - Radogno responds *** City won’t help CPS
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller * We’ve all seen the trash talking by Gov. Rauner about how he will refuse to help Chicago’s schools without first getting help from Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the Turnaround Agenda. But the mayor isn’t planning to help his own schools financially, either…
The city obviously has its own fiscal nightmares to deal with, but even that probably doesn’t help the mayor’s case much. *** UPDATE *** Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno responds…
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- Formerly Known As... - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 11:50 am:
After the way CPS helped Rahm by passing their infamous 12 month budget using 14 months of revenue to help avoid cuts before the election?
I guess Rahm will just have to owe them one.
Or maybe the can-kicking has reached the end of the road. Nowhere else to kick it.
- Blue dog dem - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 11:56 am:
Here is were my conspiracy theory and the BOOZE Brothers scenario plays out.
- Not Rich - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:06 pm:
CHUEY..CHUEY..!!!!!
- LizPhairTax - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:11 pm:
Broke. On. Purpose.
- Carhartt Representative - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:11 pm:
=After the way CPS helped Rahm by passing their infamous 12 month budget using 14 months of revenue to help avoid cuts before the election?
I guess Rahm will just have to owe them one.
Or maybe the can-kicking has reached the end of the road. Nowhere else to kick it.=
Not a thing goes on in CPS without the approval of Rahm Emanuel including that ridiculous budget last year. He has a rubber stamp board as Daley did before him and if any of the board members get out of line, they can always be replaced.
- crazybleedingheart - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:24 pm:
I can’t remember exactly what % of CPS kids Emanuel said were beyond hope (so f’em) a few years ago, but he has apparently revised that estimate upward.
To 100.
- Chicago Cynic - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:45 pm:
CPS is functionally bankrupt.
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:47 pm:
–Chicago CFO Carole Brown on conf call with press on CPS finance crisis: “The city has no plans to directly, financially assist CPS.”–
Now Emanuel is claiming that his administration and the city have no responsibility for Chicago Public Schools?
Somebody should give Emanuel a standing eight-count. He’s been punch-drunk since the McDonald video was released.
- Formerly Known As... - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 12:55 pm:
@Carhartt Representative gets it. Perhaps I could have added a /s in the original comment.
It was no coincidence CPS passed that budget before the election.
Rahm is currently at the helm of this crisis. CPS has very little room left to avoid the consequences of years of $ irresponsibility. If Rahm’s plan was to avoid making cuts and depend on a bailout, it was a flawed plan as neither the state nor the city has $ left to bail anyone out. The city may have to raise additional taxes and fees if they choose not to make cuts to CPS or elsewhere.
- Cheryl44 - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 1:17 pm:
Can we just assume Rahm has no intention of running again? Because he let all of this stuff happen after the last election.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 1:25 pm:
CPS is still way over staffed.. too many teachers , 1 teacher for 16 students.. too many Headquarters staff… spending too much money many they don’t have
Foolish management even bills taxpayers for over $5 Million for outside lunch food for staffers in 2015…LOL
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 1:29 pm:
Can you imagine if Chicago had WON the 2016 Olympics?
- Team Sleep - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 2:23 pm:
Time for a bake sale!
- Sue - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 3:19 pm:
Without anyone suggesting either a racial or suburban vs urban bias, I have a question- Why should Springfield bail out CPS and Chicago from its self- made crisis. Beginning in 1994 or 1995 Chicago elected to forego making any pension payments into the CPS pension fund. In 1994 the fund was nearly 90 percent funded. The pension problem was totally the fault of the Daley administration and his City Council now the City and CPS are demanding the State’s taxpayers bail them out of their mess. The state has its own problems for which the taxpayers will ultimately be forced to finance through higher taxes. The City of Chicago decided to have control over its school system- let the Chicago taxpayers solve their problem
- NeverPoliticallyCorrect - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 3:28 pm:
As a school board member of a district that took tough financial steps to correct our finances a few years ago I have no sympathy for CPS. They have not done the hard work that is needed and a bailout is unwarranted until they admit their failure by adjusting their budget to reality and eliminating non-instructional positions that are patronage based. IF the voters don’t like this then they should take control away from the mayor and the politicians. But I doubt that will happen.
- austinman - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 9:39 pm:
Neverpolticallycorrect, the Citizens of Chicago are begging for the state to allow us to elect our own CPS school board, right now the mayor controls the board. Also Chicago sits on 1.9B or so in TIF money, why cant they transfer 500m over to CPS?
- TD - Wednesday, Jan 13, 16 @ 11:48 pm:
Wrong, Anonymous. Most CPS teachers have 27-30 (or more) students and no co-teachers or aides. And they pay for all the supplies, including printer paper. Rahm wants even more kids per classroom.
Maybe it is 1:16 at private schools…