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Capitulation in Chicago?

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They include class size, recalling laid off veteran teachers, proper year-round classroom temperatures, and others. They're major ones essential for all contracts.

Vitale is a corporate bully. He's used to operate autocratically. He's Emanuel's point man because Brizard already is widely disliked. Vitale replicates his dark side. Daily he lost his temper with negotiators and journalists. His arrogance grates on those around him.

He stops short of using profanity like Emanuel. "The unraveling of (Big Money) leaders".is taking place".before the eyes of the world." 

"Whether the unraveled is Vitale on camera, Emanuel fulminating behind the scenes".or Brizard quietly collecting his enormous pay while being told to sit down and shut up off stage, the sight is not pretty."

Emanuel apparently plans dirty tricks. He may call a legitimate walkout illegal and end it that way. Doing so will make a bad situation worse. Claiming 30,000 teachers are criminals doesn't wash. Hopefully they're ready for whatever he has in mind.

They care about what's most important. They want good education for Chicago kids. City officials have other fish to fry. Serving Chicagoans ethically, honorably and effectively isn't on their menu. Exploiting them is policy at high salaries.

It's not surprising that unionists and teachers call the Board of Education a "billionaires and millionaires" club. It also holds for CPS bosses. They earn six figure salaries. They have no teaching or administrative experience.

Emanuel-style patronage installed them. CPS head Jean-Claude Brizard earns a quarter million dollar salary. Rochester, NY teachers practically ran him out of town. They banished him for wrecking city schools. Since May 2011, he's following the same failed scheme in Chicago. 

CTU officials haven't challenged him. Ebb and flow delays hardly matter. Capitulation looks likely. 

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