Posted on 08/02/2017 3:52:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
WINNETKA, Ill. (WLS) -- A group of Chicago Public School parents and students protested outside Gov. Bruce Rauner's Winnetka home on Wednesday, angered by his veto of a public education funding bill this week.
Students from Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood chanted "Fund our futures, fund our schools, withholding funds is not cool."
"For you Rauner to decide to withhold funding from our schools is incompetent as a governor. Our schools are worth saving, our communities are worth investing in, our lives matter," said Veronica Rodriguez, a senior at Back of Yards High School.
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The Chicago Public School Teachers are doing an excellent job keeping the students dumb.
Veto away Rauner!
Illinois is FLAT BROKE. Raised income tax this year YET AGAIN with no public pension reform. So glad I escaped to the GREAT STATE of TEXAS!
Oh look - leftist thugs targeting a person rather than an idea or offering their own solutions. How novel.
Me me me. Gimme gimme gimme.
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