Turnout difference is important too. If the S and W turnout wasn’t abysmal, Lightfoot would have made the runoff.

And the problem with using the runoff map to look at the South and West sides is Johnson was a pretty distant 3rd choice there In the first round. He was just tolerated more than Vallas.

UIC's Tim Shanahan has been defending this type of curriculum, and it's maddening because he's usually been a voice of common sense against some other idiotic ideas in literacy education.

Not sure I’d call it savvy when he tried for a property tax increase last year. He’s just flailing at this point.

[astronaut meme]

Always has been.

Johnson’s people are willing to drown CPS in order to help Brandon out of a pickle with the rest of the city budget.

Not even Vallas was this cynical.

Depends on whether you think snakes are people too.

This wasn’t the worst article from an out of town journalist, but it kind of missed that Johnson’s biggest single fault has been his staffing choices.

How many controversies and fuckups can be traced back to Pacione-Zayas who somehow still has a job.

I have to admire how savvy Joe Mansueto is with all this. He made all the other sports owners in town look like asses. Having his own private cash on hand while the Sox and Bears were begging for cash was smooth.

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