A political party? Chicago Teachers Union seeking candidate against Rahm

CTU member at Occupy Chicago march

Sheesh, why doesn't the Chicago Teachers Union just stick to teaching kids? Oh yeah, they can't. But the CTU, which is led by bellicose Karen Lewis, can rabble-rouse with the best of them.

From CBS Chicago:

[Lewis] said CTU will step up its political activity and have volunteers in the city trying to round up 100,000 new voters who are concerned about education. She said the union would hold workshops and open calls to round up new candidates for mayor and alderman.

"We will be hosting 'Who wants to run for mayor?' 'Who wants to be an alderman?' and 'Who wants to run for statewide office?' political education bootcamps, where we will help vet people interested in public service," Lewis said.

Lewis said she hopes a different elected leadership would not see a need to close dozens of public schools as proposed by the Emanuel administration.

As I've written many times before, Chicago's population is the lowest it has been in nearly a century. The exodus has been strongest on the impoverished South and West Sides. I'm glad they got out.

I'm just waiting for Rahm Emanuel to go on a tirade against Lewis.

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