Chicago City Council Member George Cardenas in a tweet today advocated for the use of military drones to ensure "Safe Passage" for Chicago Public School students from their homes to their new schools, 50 of which were shut down this year.
This is the same alderman who according to Daily Kos' Hyde Park Johnny, pushed through a politically-connected yet unpopular charter school in his ward.
In one of the most brazen attempts to usurp even the authority of the powerful Rahm
Emanuel Mayor of Chicago, Alderman George Cardenas of the 12th Ward is trying to push through the Chicago Zoning committee a charter school expansion into the McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside. Despite the charter school operator being rejected by the Chicago Board of Education to open two charter schools Alderman Cardenas seems to think it is a good idea. There is also the Board of Education's agreement with State legislators not to open any new charter schools this year while proposing to close 60 schools the largest number of school action in the nations history that target low income minority communities.
Public Schools close, charters replace them and now drones for security?