I kept trying to organize my thoughts on this, but I’ll summarize: If Rahm Emanuel is gunning for the Teacher’s Union, I support Rahm. A stopped clock is right twice a day, and arguing against it just makes you wrong.
The behind-the-curtain intensity of the battle was evident Friday, as Lewis described her meeting with Emanuel in the mayor’s office a few weeks ago. Sitting next to her in a chair in front of his desk, the mayor talked about adding 90 minutes to the school day, saying “I can’t have kids on the street at 2:15,” Lewis recalled.
“I called out what he was doing had nothing to do with education,’’ Lewis said. She said she told him, “So this is not about education. This is about safety. … This is babysitting and warehousing.”
At that point, the “craziness” began, Lewis said.
“He [Emanuel] got up out of his chair and started cussing at me.” Pressed for the language, Lewis said the mayor told her, “F— you, Lewis” and dropped other “f-bombs.”
via Teachers union president says Mayor Emanuel ‘exploded’ at her – Chicago Sun-Times.
Please don’t take this personally, Ms. Lewis, but F— you in your role as President of the Chicago Teacher’s Union. Get your members to work.
