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Monday, November 12, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Sun-Times has a 'democracy problem" of its own

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Sun-Times has a 'democracy problem" of its own:


Sun-Times has a 'democracy problem" of its own


The landslide victory for Chicago's elected school board referendum has the Sun-Times editorial board in a tizzy.Today's editorial begins by answering its own question:
"Does the Chicago Board of Education have a democracy problem?  Without a doubt."
My guess is that most of the 65,763 yes voters (as compared  to the 10,174 no voters) would have offered a slightly stronger response -- like " OH HELL YES!"

I mean -- problem with democracy? Our autocratic mayor's hand-picked, elitist billionaire board has never even