UPDATE: For voters in Chicago, there’s another pension ballot item. It’s a hoax. « Fred Klonsky

For voters in Chicago, there’s another pension ballot item. It’s a hoax. « Fred Klonsky:

For voters in Chicago, there’s another pension ballot item. It’s a hoax.

by Fred Klonsky

For voters in the City of Chicago there will be two public pension issues on the ballot on November 6th.
The first one you will see is Mike Madigan’s Constitutional Amendment. I have written about it. So have others. We will have more to say.
Vote no.
When I got my sample ballot, there was another pension issue down on the bottom of the first page.

“Shall the State of Illinois provide funding for the normal cost of pensions for Chicago teachers in the same manner as the State pays for the normal cost of  teacher pensions in every other school 

Anthony Borrelli, the Park Ridge Watchdog, voted no to $86 a paycheck.

by Fred Klonsky

I know that some of you might feel that this is all extremely local news. But I think it’s worth talking about.
It’s about Park Ridge school board member Anthony Borrelli and a little group of self-described Park Ridge tax watchdogs.
I’m not linking to them, but you can Google if you want to.
The Park Rich watchdogs are all excited because Anthony Borrelli, a wealthy local foot doctor, got elected to the

Ten minute drawing. An exaltation of skylarks.

by Fred Klonsky

Click on drawing to enlarge.