These teachers are more than 95% Democrat liberal in voting behavior. And 2 of them are gaming the system for more than $200,000 a year. If this is an era of national economic austerity, you'd never know it if you were a unionized Evanston teacher. It has 114 unionized teachers hauling down $100,000 a year or more - up from 85 last year. Only Whites and Asians were making the grade.
It has a sizeable black population, which has gained such a level of Obamaite political clout that it has compelled its School board to jettison "honors programs" in English, Humanities and Science, because not enough Blacks and Hispanics could make the cut from the nationally standardized tests. It is culturally a hotbed of oddball organic food enthusiasts and wealthy trust-fund lefties who live in inherited multi-million dollar homes. It has a political context that is dominated by the teachers' unions and other public employees unions. It has no Republican presence to speak of.
It voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. Readers of the article with the 2010 list will note that they all got hefty little pay hikes, despite the bad economy.)Įvanston, Illinois is one of the most wildly liberal "progressive" municipalities on the face of the American landscape. (Editor's Note: The list of names and salaries was updated on 10/23/12 to reflect the latest available 2011 salary data.
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