A political ad opposing three Democrats is using a photo of an abandoned building to portray Chicago Public Schools to a downstate Illinois audience.
Illinois Public Radio's Tony Arnold reports.
The image shows a dilapidated building, with broken windows and chipped paint. It’s also on the stock photo website Shutterstock. A Republican Party spokesman says it’s up to the individual viewer to decide how they interpret the image. A CPS spokeswoman calls the image “disgraceful.”
The narrator in the ad hits the three downstate Democrats for voting for an unbalanced budget - and a bailout of Chicago Public Schools.
The image shows a dilapidated building, with broken windows and chipped paint.
Like it could be from a war zone.
In fact - it’s on the stock photo website shutterstock.
Steven Yaffe is a spokesman for the state Republican Party.
He’s not sure if it’s a photo of a Chicago Public School.
YAFFE : It’s up to the individual viewer to decide how they interpret that.
Last week - Governor Bruce Rauner referred to some CPS buildings as crumbling prisons.