We weren't the only media outlet to cover the Raise Your Hand (RYH) coalition's rally yesterday. Here's some additional video shot by the Chicago News Cooperative:
In other education budget news, both the Sun-Times and Tribune
editorial boards jumped all over the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) this week
for suggesting that they will fight to keep in place a scheduled four
percent pay increase (which will cost $135 million). But CTU president-elect Karen Lewis' position seems pretty
reasonable. She says the city should provide a
detailed budget before teachers are forced to choose between cuts or raises.
That way, all the stakeholders can assess whether there is waste in
other parts of the district, particularity in the central office
bureaucracy. Ben Joravksy wrote about that issue this week, as well.
You should read Mick Dumke's full post on Mayor Daley's newfound appetite for reform over at the Reader website. But we just have to reprint this excerpt in which he lists the various reasons why Chicagoans might have lost confidence in City Hall:
Which Democratic candidate for Cook County board president is most likely to take on Mayor Daley? The Reader'sBen Joravsky says it's Toni Preckwinkle, because she's "got more spine than any of the other candidates in this
race." "It's a lot easier to claim boldness and
independence," hewrites in reference to the rest of the field, "when you never actually have to demonstrate either."
