Constitutional amendment 49 is 700 dirty little words. You only need to know one: No. « Fred Klonsky

Constitutional amendment 49 is 700 dirty little words. You only need to know one: No. « Fred Klonsky:

Constitutional amendment 49 is 700 dirty little words. You only need to know one: No.

by Fred Klonsky

Constitutional Amendment 49 follows the logic of the Big Bird Rule.
Seven hundred words.
That’s about how long Constitutional Amendment 49 is that will be on the ballot November 6th.
But if passed, those words may supersede the words in  Article XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution which contains the clause prohibiting state pension benefits from being diminished or impaired.
If passed, a local  body could reduce or eliminate what had formerly been a constitutionally protected benefit with

Ten minute drawing. Columbus Day.

by Fred Klonsky

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