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In reply to the discussion: Chicago’s Choice: Closing 50 Schools But Spending $100 Million On Basketball Arena [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)26. Again--can you explain how MPEA funds get to CPS? You say 'priorities' and that's
all fine, well, and good, but are you suggesting that the Chicago mayor has the power to allocate funds from MPEA to CPS? How?
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grahamhgreen
May 2013
OP
I just posted a similar post. What I have seen happen is that once the project
rhett o rick
May 2013
#86
Sure the owners are saying now they will pay for upgrades. That happened in Seattle also.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#84
The owners and their bought and paid for politicians would never go for it. nm
rhett o rick
May 2013
#93
He was from Goldman Sachs. His Chief of Staff replacement was from JP Morgan.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#11
Unrec---this is a 10k seater arena used primarily for the upgraded convention center and the Navy
msanthrope
May 2013
#9
Priorities, please. What are your priorities? Education first, it's a no brainer.
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#21
Again--can you explain how MPEA funds get to CPS? You say 'priorities' and that's
msanthrope
May 2013
#26
So it's funded by "mostly by taxes on hotel rooms and restaurant meals". Do you have
rhett o rick
May 2013
#39
Rahm lovers will support and excuse and explain anything he does no matter how egregious or how
sabrina 1
May 2013
#47
Can you explain how taxes are always raised for education and then used for other purposes?
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#37
You are the one making the claim that there are "clear lines of taxing and funding".
rhett o rick
May 2013
#45
What? You are the one claiming that MEAP funds should be diverted. Explain how. nt
msanthrope
May 2013
#89
The question is, do you think it is more important than education? Apparently you do.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#41
So you are saying that "there's nothing that can be done. Education loses and that is that."
rhett o rick
May 2013
#52
Once again we must rely on the "Our leader is totally helpless. He can not do a thing about this
rhett o rick
May 2013
#63
Rahm was elected to fix those problems, not me. IMO Rahm is a sell-out to big money.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#66
He was hired to figure that out. I dont believe he is as helpless as you want to believe.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#68
Well, if you are advocating a solution using public money, but you have no idea how that public
msanthrope
May 2013
#73
I disagree that private charter schools are better than public schools. nm
rhett o rick
May 2013
#76
Are you saying that 100% of the $100 million will come from voluntary taxes on
rhett o rick
May 2013
#85
I looked at the link but didnt find where it said where they get their money.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#88
The useage at 75 to 100 other events plus the games is still very, very low expectation
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#46
What difference does that make? Money should spent on SCHOOLs first...priorities are skewed
uponit7771
May 2013
#48
a completely different angle here is also the fact that colleges are a big part of our economic base
mopinko
May 2013
#50
Exactly correct...there's plenty to criticize in the school closings
alcibiades_mystery
May 2013
#57
oh, bull. penny pritzker is a native, and she lurrves rahm's policies, school closings, stadium-
HiPointDem
May 2013
#58
you pretend only people who live in chicago know anything about chicago, chicago politics,
HiPointDem
May 2013
#60
PS: tell me which schools have no enrollments. here's a list of the closures.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#61
We can clear this up quick. Are you for the privatization of public schools or against?
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#75