Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's latest catch phrase: 'Balancing equity'

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's latest catch phrase: 'Balancing equity':

Rahm's latest catch phrase: 'Balancing equity'

by Mike Klonsky

'Some will pay less. Some will not.' That's balance. 

"We balance those equities. Do it in a thoughtful and sensitive way...What comes with the office is, you've got to make the tough decisions that balance a lot of different equities and do what's best for the city and everybody involved...Our early retirees--we're giving them a runway until 2017 as we transition people to the health care exchanges that will offer them the opportunity to buy health care. Some will pay less. Some will not." -- Rahm quoted in today's Sun-Times

Preckwinkle for mayor? Someone's got to run.

 “What was the point of having public hearings? Was it all a charade? If you weren’t going to pay any attention to the outcome of the public hearings or the recommendations of the public hearing officers, why would you bother to waste everyone’s time?”

 “I think he [Rahm] came into office critical of the teachers. If you spend the