Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Ken Griffin speaks. State employee pensions, the Koch brothers, education and being Rahm’s Pal. « Fred Klonsky

Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Ken Griffin speaks. State employee pensions, the Koch brothers, education and being Rahm’s Pal. « Fred Klonsky:

Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Ken Griffin speaks. State employee pensions, the Koch brothers, education and being Rahm’s Pal.

by Fred Klonsky

In a rare interview, Ken Griffin, who the Tribune describes as a billionaire investor, founder and chief executive of Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel, arguably is this city’s only Wall Street titan, came clean with the Trib. He is a major funder of right-wing super-PACs.
From the interview:

Q. You’ve supported a lot of people in Illinois before, yet we’re still not paying our bills on time.
A. Tom Cross is the minority. Let’s face it Governor (Pat) Quinn, (Illinois House Speaker)Mike Madigan, (Senate President John) Cullerton, they’re the majority. And they’ve been in the majority