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nycbos

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14. Every thing you just said is true.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 5, 2023, 08:43 AM

Apr 2023

I wouldn't trust the Chicago FOP as far as you can throw them.

But if CTU isn't willing to consider consolidating schools were there not enough students to run extracurricular activities many of those students are in at risk areas that shows just the lack of flexibility and you wonder if they can work with them to make things better.

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dave wasserman has seen enough. brandon johnson elected. [View all] mopinko Apr 2023 OP

As an adopted Chicagoan... nycbos Apr 2023 #1

i'd like to defund the chgo cops. mopinko Apr 2023 #2

While I'd Like To See Them Quit, Too... ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #4

the saddest thing about the whole cycle mopinko Apr 2023 #5

If you have to "articulate what you mean"... nycbos Apr 2023 #10

well, not every important idea can be boiled down to a bumper sticker. mopinko Apr 2023 #11

Dismissing people's concerns and fears as illegitimate is a bad strategy. nycbos Apr 2023 #12

in chi, like in most of america, crime is a proxy for race. mopinko Apr 2023 #13

Every thing you just said is true. nycbos Apr 2023 #14

i'd posit that if everyone is on the same side, mopinko Apr 2023 #18

There are a lot problems in Chicago no doubt nycbos Apr 2023 #19

Usual pivot from saying whatever's required to get primary support Hortensis Apr 2023 #17

those comments were before the primary, from before he declared. mopinko Apr 2023 #20

Well, these terms... There are at least two kinds of "progressives." Hortensis Apr 2023 #26

with all due respect, chicago is a thing unto itself. mopinko Apr 2023 #27

It takes a lot of guts to try to pull that together. Hortensis Apr 2023 #28

well, we're still the city that works. mopinko Apr 2023 #29

Our kind of place. Did similar in L.A. long ago and missed it ever since. Hortensis Apr 2023 #30

i dont think he's talking about a transaction tax mopinko Apr 2023 #3

Outside income for Alderman should be banned. You won't get any argument from me. nycbos Apr 2023 #6

nobody likes taxes, but til someone comes up w better idea... mopinko Apr 2023 #7

That was before the pandemic. nycbos Apr 2023 #8

well, you're not wrong. mopinko Apr 2023 #9

Your sentiments mirror a lot of what I heard Sympthsical Apr 2023 #15

Re: "malice or incompetence." nycbos Apr 2023 #16

my biggest issue is that vallas was pretending. mopinko Apr 2023 #21

And I think that's what my friend meant by malice Sympthsical Apr 2023 #22

i had 5 kids in cps. i could go on all day. mopinko Apr 2023 #23

Vallas was supposed to win this Johnny2X2X Apr 2023 #24

yup mopinko Apr 2023 #25