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At an unrelated event Monday, Pritzker was asked about his
criticism of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ position on certain
school curriculum. Pritzker said it’s important for him to
telegraph Illinois’ values to the rest of the country. He also
said Illinois voters should know there are “racist” and
“anti-LGBTQ” groups out there recruiting for school board or
library district races.
“And they’re trying to take over at a local level and build up
candidates at a local level that they can then run for the state
legislature,” Pritzker said.
He said voters should be aware.
“They need to know that these people, some of the people who are
running are actually part of these organizations trying to
restrict freedoms,” Pritzker said.
One group that recruited local school board candidates is Awake
Illinois, where last month founder Shannon Adcock said they’re
just pushing for parents’ rights.
“It’s important that they know exactly how their community is
expecting them to govern and be stewards of their tax dollars,”
Adcock told WMAY. “And they’re so ready to represent kids in
communities and put that ahead of the politics and the special
interests in the teachers’ unions.”
Adcock said they’re not racist or anti-LGBTQ. They are opposed
to the sexualization of children in public libraries through
so-called “drag queen story hours” and objectionable content in
public school libraries.
“We have to tell it like it is. The sexualization of children is
wrong and it is harmful and we’re creating that awareness,”
Adcock said.
Local school and library board races across the state culminate
on election day April 4.
Greg Bishop reports on Illinois government and
other issues for The Center Square. Bishop has years of
award-winning broadcast experience and hosts the WMAY Morning
Newsfeed out of Springfield.
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