Rahm plays the press like Stradavarius, and schools, teachers and students pay the price.
Over the summer I was asked to be a panelist on Chicago Newsroom. It’s an interesting show on cable access. That guarantees it a small audience, although anyone can watch the video of each show on youtube.
Ken Davis, a former press guy for Mayor Daley, is a gregarious host.
But its small audience doesn’t mean there isn’t interesting stuff to be heard on it.
This past week, the panelists featured Emanuel appointed CPS board member Rod Sierra, Sarah Karp from Catalyst and Nora Ferrell of the Community Media Workshop.
The show was taped right after the school board passed the budget and the tax increase.
At around 12:35 of the show Sarah Karp begins to talk about the impact of budget cuts on schools. She
