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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Mayor 'bristles' while budgets burn

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Mayor 'bristles' while budgets burn:

The Mayor 'bristles' while budgets burn

At yesterday's protest, teachers wore stickers with the cut amounts on them: -$535K on Tracy Barrientos from Jungman. -$1.1 million on several students from Whitney Young Magnet High School. 
As hundreds of people braved yesterday's storms to protest Rahm's draconian budget cuts, the mayor was busy "bristling" at reporters questions and spreading more manure around.

Rahm put the blame for his $82 million budget cuts on greedy retirees and on the legislature for not acting to cut