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The in box. Teacher MiC concludes his letters to Governor Quinn. « Fred Klonsky

The in box. Teacher MiC concludes his letters to Governor Quinn. « Fred Klonsky:


The in box. Teacher MiC concludes his letters to Governor Quinn.



In this third letter to Governor Quinn Teacher MiC explains why it isn’t pensions that need reforming. It is Springfield that needs to be reformed.
Dear Governor Quinn,
I saw on the news that you visited the state fair the other day and were booed off the stage. Even after this interaction you said “I think the people of Illinois are with me.” If the people of Illinois are with you Governor, who were those people in the audience booing? Let me give you a hint: that’s your base. You didn’t win the election by a landslide. You won by a few thousand votes. You are in office due to those audience members stuffing envelopes, canvasing their neighborhoods, and