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Posts tagged ‘Penny Pritzker’
PDA IL–TIF Abuse: The Hyatt Hotel and Hyde Park Schools
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 2:02 pmfrom PDA-IL
PDA IL joins the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign, Gray Panthers, Northern Illinois Jobs for Justice, Unite Here and National Nurses United among other labor unions and Hyde Park community activists to protest against the use of property taxes going to fund the building of a new luxury hotel in Hyde Park while schools face millions of dollars in cuts.
PDA-Chicago: Don’t Take Our Children’s Money!
by n0madic, posted on Monday, August 6th, 2012 at 8:00 amfrom PDA-Chicago
Join PDA Chicago as we stand with the Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign this Wednesday, August 8, to protest public tax money going to corporate welfare.
5:30-8:00 p.m., Lake Park Ave. and E. 53rd St., Chicago, 60615
$5.2 million of property taxes intended for our public schools is going to Hyatt Hotels, a company that doesn’t need it. No more corporate welfare!
CPS Parent Matt Farmer Puts Penny Pritzker on Trial at CTU’s STANDS STRONG RALLY
by n0madic, posted on Monday, June 4th, 2012 at 10:55 pmfrom the Chicago Teachers Union
Chicago Public Schools parent Matt Farmer puts billionaire Board of Education member Penny Pritzker on trial at Chicago Teachers Union’s Stands Strong rally. Pritzker doesn’t seem to feel it is necessary to provide other people’s children with the same educational experience as hers.
