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In reply to the discussion: Chicago’s Choice: Closing 50 Schools But Spending $100 Million On Basketball Arena [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)58. oh, bull. penny pritzker is a native, and she lurrves rahm's policies, school closings, stadium-
building, and use of tif funds for the 1%.
one doesn't have to be a native to see the problem, and being a native doesn't mean you get it either.
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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