Saturday coffee.
Graphic: H/T Chris Janotta.
Chicago will be rainy this coming week, but today it is sunny and Fall-like. A long dog-walk with Ulysses is on the agenda.
And then later this afternoon we are co-hosting a meet-and-greet coffee for Will Guzzardi. Will is a young guy who is running for the Democratic nomination for 39th District State Rep against Democratic Party Machine incumbent, Toni Berrios. I first met Will when he was a Chicago political writer for Huffington and he did a story on me and the Jonah Edelman – Stand for Children scandal.
Given what the Illinois House is thinking about doing to teacher pensions this coming week, having a pro-teacher voice in Springfield doesn’t seem like a bad idea to me.
Which reminds me. If you haven’t called your Illinois state legislator today, why not? 1 888 412 6570. Follow the prompts. “Don’t mess with our TRS.”
While nobody can say what a new version of SB512 will look like, here is what the old version would do:
Old school.
Johnny Cash.