We hate to always pick on Chicago (and some of your editors still love the Windy City), but elections have consequences and boy are Chicagoans paying a price. Our friends at the Illinois Policy Institute note that the city is now negotiating a new contract with the Chicago Teacher Union.

Are you sitting down?

The union is demanding “at least $10 billion more in spending than the current contract costs.”  This isn’t a settlement; it’s a ransom note.

Yesterday, we shared a chart showing national education spending rocketing upwards while student performance was flat. We also noted that pay raises only help kids when they are tied to PERFORMANCE. The Chicago Teachers Union wants pay for nonperformance.

Will the mayor and the City Council stand up to these union thugs who aren’t teaching our kids?

Of course not. Mayor Johnson used to work for the union. If he had an ounce of integrity, he (and his office) would recuse themselves.

Elections have consequences.