The Mincing Rascals 3.6.24: Trump on ballot, Bring Chicago Home, CTU contract

The Mincing Rascals

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. This week, the Rascals start the pod talking about everyone’s favorite topic: recreational sex! The Supreme Court ruled that former president Trump cannot be removed from primary ballots. What do the Rascals make of this decision? This brings up a point that Eric has made in the Picayune Sentinel…where is the urgency of the judges? An appellate court sided with the Chicago Board of Elections in the case against the Bring Chicago Home referendum so the question on whether to allow the City Council to raise the city’s real estate transfer tax on high-end properties to fund homelessness will be counted. Austin breaks down the news. And where are the other Rascals on this ruling? Next, the Rascals talk about Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates’ comments about CTU / CPS contract negotiations. What stuck out the most to the Rascals? The Illinois State Senate voted to pass the plan for a ‘hybrid’ elected school board. Eric has been following closely and gives us the details. And finally, the Rascals talk about the movies they are rooting for at the Academy Awards this weekend.

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