Thousands get ready to march on Springfield. Legislators go into avoidance mode. They will use their time to consider weed. « Fred Klonsky

Thousands get ready to march on Springfield. Legislators go into avoidance mode. They will use their time to consider weed. « Fred Klonsky:

Thousands get ready to march on Springfield. Legislators go into avoidance mode. They will use their time to consider weed.

by Fred Klonsky

As thousands of public employees make their reservations for seats on buses to Springfield next week, members of the General Assembly have tried to figure out how to deal with the pension issue, including taking avoidance measures.
Nothing will keep the filled buses from rolling, however.
Major rallies in the Capitol rotunda are scheduled for January 3rd and 4th.
Governor Quinn continues his campaign of lies, including the suggestion that the pension liability is the cause of threatened cuts to the state’s Monetary Awards Program which provides financial support for lower-income