This is NOT a Good Thing

But it explains a lot of the corruption and out of control debt:

• Commonwealth Foundation Labor and Policy Senior Director David Osborne says Chicago’s growing reputation as the place where public sector unions flex plenty of political muscle is more than well deserved.

  Osborne points to a new Commonwealth Foundation report highlighting how public sector unions across Illinois spent nearly $30 million on state races over the 2023-24 election cycle, or far more than what union officials in any other state dedicated to such causes.  

  At $5.5 million, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tops the State Government Union Pac Money List of those most benefiting from government employment unions support. In addition to Johnson, at least six other state lawmakers land on the list’s Top 20, lead by House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, at No. 2 and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, at No. 4.

  [...] With researchers adding that almost 96% of all donations for Illinois-level candidates went to Democrats, Osborne said it’s past time someone address the imbalance.

Front and center would be the CTU along with the Illinois SEIU chapters, where the numbers are closer to 99% of all donations going to "progressives," democrats and communists. 

They own politicians by the boatload, explaining the leftist pro-criminal laws, extensive restrictions on actual legal consequences for crime and overly expensive teacher pension "sweeteners" that boost payouts from generous to outrageous.