UPDATE: Tony at the Red Line Tap + Every Chicago public school is my school. | Fred Klonsky

Every Chicago public school is my school. | Fred Klonsky:

Tony at the Red Line Tap.

by Fred Klonsky

“Richie Imperial Porter, Marty.”
“Comin’ right up, Klonsky.”
“Damn. Look who decided to drop by,” said Tony as I saddled up to the bar.
“Why do we say saddled up when we sit at a bar,” I asked? “We don’t say that we saddled up to a table.”
“Why are roads closed, but bridges are out,” asked Tony?
“It’s not like my union president demanded to saddle up to the table for pension negotiations.”
“That’s okay,” said Tony. “I try and stay away from tables anyway.”
“I kind of noticed,” I said. “Bars are definitely your oeuvre .”
“That kind of reminds me something my cousin Francois always says.”
“C’mon Tony. You don’t have a cousin named Francois.”
“No. I do. He’s from Baton Rouge.”
“Baton Rouge?”
“Louisiana.”
“I know where Baton Rouge is.”
“Yep. Old cousin Francois. He goes by the name, Tex.”
“Christ, Tony. That is the oldest joke in the book – He goes by the name Tex because be didn’t want to be called 

Every Chicago public school is my school.

by Fred Klonsky

Every Chicago Public School is my School
Cada Escuela Pública de Chicago es mi Escuela
Chaque école publique de Chicago est mon école
Setiap Sekolah Chicago Public adalah Sekolah saya
كل مدرسة شيكاغو العامة هي مدرستي
每一个芝加哥公立学校是我的学校
Svaka škola Chicago Javni je moja škola
Jeder Chicago Public School ist mein Schule
Každý Chicago Public School je moje škola
Bawat Chicago Public School ang aking School
Tá gach Poiblí Chicago Scoil mo Scoil
Ogni Scuola di Chicago Public è la mia scuola
すべてのシカゴ公立学校は私の学校です
모든 시카고 공립 학교 내 학교이고,
Kiekvienas Chicago Public School yra mano mokykla
هر مدرسه عمومی شیکاگو مدرسه من است
Każda szkoła chicagowska publiczny jest moja szkoła
Cada Chicago Public School é a minha escola
Fiecare Școala de la Chicago public este scoala mea
Каждый Чикагской школы общественного моя школа
ہر شکاگو پبلک سکول میرا اسکول ہے
Mỗi Chicago Public School là trường học của tôi

- H/T Abraham Duenas

Ten minute drawing. Anyone but Rahm?

by Fred Klonsky

Click on drawing to enlarge.

The CORE slate, headed by Karen Lewis, file 5,000 signatures for CTU election.

by Fred Klonsky

Executive Board Candidates Tammy Vinson and Brian Hallberg and CORE Co-chair Al Ramirez (not pictured) deliver the nominating petitions.
Any doubt that the leadership of the CTU has member support that is deep and wide was washed away today as 5,000 signatures were filed for the upcoming union election.  The names of President Karen Lewis and others of those who represent the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators (CORE) received  five times the signatures that were required. The nominating petitions came from schools in every part of the city.