With Cps Takeover Proposal Rauner Tries To Take Rahm Down With Him

With the release of Governor Rauner’s whacked-out scheme to seize control of the Chicago Public Schools, the time has come to once again explore one of my favorite themes.

            Ah, the good old days.

            Thus, the governor, having declared CPS bankrupt, would get to preserve the contracts that enrich his pals—like the borrowing deals that pay outrageously high interest to bankers, while ripping up the contracts that benefit his enemies, like Chicago’s teachers.

               Of course, everything’s changed since then, with all the outrage over Emanuel’s handling of the Laquan McDonald video.

      So I think Rauner really means it when he says things like:

              C’mon, Mayor Rahm—where’s that old f-bomb dropping hard-ass when we need you?