Blast: Pension bomb out of committee. The inbox. More on Deadbeat Illinois. The impact of low taxes on the rich, no spending on the poor. « Fred Klonsky

The inbox. More on Deadbeat Illinois. The impact of low taxes on the rich, no spending on the poor. « Fred Klonsky:

Blast: Pension bomb out of committee. Floor vote at any time.

by Fred Klonsky

House Committee moved pension-cutting SB1673 to the floor. Vote could come anytime. Call 888-412-6570 now and tell your Representative to vote NO. Forward to 5 friends!

The inbox. More on Deadbeat Illinois. The impact of low taxes on the rich, no spending on the poor.

by Fred Klonsky

Fred:
I worked at one of Illinois’ correctional centers for over twenty-five years. The institution is nearly eighty years old, cockroach infested, racoons in the cellhouse attics.
Sometimes there was hot water.  Sometimes not.
One time I was about to make a hall check and an outdated flourescent light fixture dropped twelve feet from the ceiling and crashed to the floor.
I saw worms in the shower drain in one building.
The concrete fire escape stairs were crumbling.
I pushed the lamp test button on the cellhouse control panel to check the control panel lights and it short circuited and opened six cell doors that were on deadlock. I sat with the locksmith at lunch and for thirty minutes he complained that the main door locks on the cell houses were obsolete