CTU will be leafleting this Saturday, Sept 14, at Clemente High School, 1147 N. Western Avenue. The City of Chicago has scheduled a City Budget Town Hall from 9 am – 11 am at Clemente.
Please join CTU members starting at 8:30 a.m. as we leaflet outside and testify inside the Budget Town Hall. We plan to call attention to the Lincoln Yards TIF scandal, as a recent Chicago Tribune article exposed why Mayor Rahm Emanuel rushed through the Lincoln Yards TIF district, which is worth $1.3 billion in taxpayer payouts to developers. The reason is, that if they had waited another 6 weeks, the rising property tax assessments in “blighted” Lincoln Park would have disqualified Lincoln Yards from TIF approval.
We plan to show our strong condemnation of the choice to give away $1.3 billion in taxpayer money to developers in Lincoln Park, at the same time that Chicago Public Schools are refusing to choose to invest in school nurses, librarians, social workers, counselors, and paraprofessionals for Chicago students.
Sign up at ctulocal1.org/budget click on west side, and scroll down to sign up!
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