School Tech Connect: Pension & Revenue Background

School Tech Connect: Pension & Revenue Background

Pension & Revenue Background

by effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)

Rep. Kelly Cassidy

Here's Senate President John Cullerton, talking about the history of underfunding the pensions (May 27, Citizens' Club of Springfield). It's a good backgrounder for people who need to bring themselves up to speed on the issue before hammering the legislature @1-888-412-6570 with a final hands-off-our-pensions message before the final day of the session tomorrow. Fred has correctly pointed out that a promised no can often morph into a voted yes, so I'm going to give my soon-to-be-elected-but-currently-appointed representative, Kelly Cassidy, another couple of messages Monday and early Tuesday.

Cullerton isn't all rainbows and unicorns-- he's got a proposal or two about funding the pensions that would definitely cause some controversy. For example, his proposal to