Pension killer retreat. There’s got to be a morning after.
Yesterday afternoon we grilled some chicken. I tossed back my favorite summer drink. Compari and soda. We raised a toast to the public employees of Illinois who kicked butt yesterday.
Beating Michael Madigan and the Civic Committee is my definition of a good day.
Okay. That’s done.
Now let’s move on to the next stage.
Some morning after thoughts:
I so agree with my blogging pal Tim Furman at School Tech Connect.
The work is just starting. We’re way, way past the point where we can rely solely on the centralized communication system that has us frantically sending postcards every time a disaster looms. We need to be aware of who is represented by whom so that we can build an actual grass roots.
While the IEA leadership has been quick to take responsibility for the Civic Committee’s set back in killing our
