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Saturday, February 9, 2013

UPDATE Saturday coffee + Springfield’s Biggest Loser wants to undermine the constitution. Owns no books. « Fred Klonsky

Springfield’s Biggest Loser wants to undermine the constitution. Owns no books. « Fred Klonsky:


Saturday coffee.

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They will bury Hadiya Pendleton today.
Michelle Obama has come to attend the services.
There will be lots of other politicians.
Including the Mayor.
There were five hundred funerals for victims of gun violence in Chicago last year.
There will be more than that this year.



Springfield’s Biggest Loser wants to undermine the constitution.

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Illinois Representative Joe Sosnowski, According to his official photograph owns no books. See book shelves on right in photo.
On Wednesday I gave the week’s Biggest Loser Legislator award to State Representative Joe Sosnowski.
Today Glen Brown, blogger and defender of our constitution, responds to Representative Sosnowski.
JRCA0011—Joe Sosnowski. Proposes to amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. Repeals a provision that specifies that membership in any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency or 

Ken Previti: The Speaker is unlisted.

Ken Previti’s blog:
His Arrogance Mike Madigan holds the position of Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. How can he represent you if you are told that you cannot email him?
“You may Fax him,” was the response of the person who answered his phone when a retired teacher friend asked her how to get a message to him.
Madigan arms crossed
Fax? How quaint. We all have them in 2013, right?
Arrogance and lack of representation go hand in hand regarding the man who leads the attempt to pillage Illinois pension systems.
Please let him know how you feel about him and his Democratic super-majority legislators who want to “underfund” and undercut pensions (earned benefits) again and again.
Springfield Office:
300 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-5350
(217) 524-1794 FAX
 
District Office:
6500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL  60629
(773) 581-8000
(773) 581-9414 FAX


“They are asking us to plan our own funerals.” VIDEO.

Sarah Chambers, teacher at Saucedo Academy at last weeks school closing meeting in Pilsen – Little Village. Video: CTUNET.
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