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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Who at CPS leaked the Benn Report and why?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Who at CPS leaked the Benn Report and why?:


Who at CPS leaked the Benn Report and why?

Remember how Rahm's spin machine demanded that teachers hold off on their strike vote until after the release of the fact-finder's report? The implication being that CPS would abide by the report's recommendations for a teacher pay raise.

Now the question is, who from CPS leaked parts of the fact-finder's report to the Tribune days before it was supposed to be released, and why? Or let me put it another way. Why, with less than 4 weeks to go before teachers are forced to strike, does Rahm/Brizard seem hell-bent on sabotaging the contract negotiations?

This morning's Trib carries an ass-covering editorial -- on the one hand denouncing Edwin Benn's recommendations as "irrelevant" while on the other, claiming: "We haven't seen Benn's report yet."

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