Bad examples: Over 120 arrested at Chicago Teachers Union-led rally

I predicted that yesterday's Chicago Teachers Union protest march--with many SEIU members in attendance, by the way--would ruin the downtown afternoon rush hour. What I didn't expect was the in-your-face sit-on-the-street action that led to over 120 arrests.

What if an ambulance needed to pass through?

When I was in school many years ago I was taught that getting arrested was a bad thing.

Chicago's population is declining--to the Board of Education is closing dozens of schools. That means teachers will be laid off--which is the real reason the teachers and their public-sector union allies are protesting.

Among those arrested was SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff, who was a go-between in the tawdry negotiations between now-imprisoned Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Barack Obama camp over who would replace Obama when he resigned his Senate seat in 2008.

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