Beege Welborn

Remember now - this is the same woman who can't pay her own water and garbage bills, so take her dismissal of any financial objections with a grain of salt. She does the #mathz for her union demands worse than any of the kids in failing ChiTown schools who can't do math, period.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates and Vice President Jackson Potter keep saying the school district is not doing enough to “partner” with CTU to get more money for their contract demands.

Below are CTU’s actual ideas for new revenue, taken from a newsletter sent… pic.twitter.com/jiVqEsSsBs

— Austin Berg (@Austin__Berg) August 29, 2024

...Below are CTU’s actual ideas for new revenue, taken from a newsletter sent to union members last week. 

Note that these are all highly speculative/vague (sue banks, “clawback” money from vendors, close unnamed loopholes), extremely unpopular (tax hospitals, pass the progressive income tax which voters already rejected in 2020), or could already be done by the mayor the union elected (sweep TIF funds).  

Remember that the district would face a $4B deficit if they accepted just 52 of the CTU’s 700+ demands, effectively bankrupting the schools. CPS has nearly doubled state+local funding since 2012 and now spends $30K/student. 

This is all unserious posturing. Does nothing for kids. Wastes a lot of time. And ultimately distracts from the real issue: the unsustainable debt and tax burden CTU is demanding to fund their political machine.