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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

7-9-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:






Ten minute drawing. Illinois Representative Darlene Senger. Pension bomber. ALEC member.
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Is it a hurricane? A tornado? Flood? Earthquake? War? Pestilence? No. It’s Rahm.
After a natural disaster it is not unusual for the call to go out for blood donations. I’ve had them stick that needle in my arm many times. Gladly. In Chicago the call has gone out once again. This time the disaster is not natural. It is man-made. The disaster that has befallen our city is Rahm Emanuel. ENGLEWOOD — A South Side hospital is asking residents to donate blood as a summer spike in ci


Watch Senator Kwame Raoul beat up on Squeezy. “Where is Governor Quinn?”
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KsjOAzL5Gc&feature=youtu.be}] The Gang of Ten, the committee that was charged with coming up with a compromise pension bill, is made up of legislators with big ambitions. Senator Dan Biss wants to be Congressman when Jan Schakowsky retires or gets a federal appointment in the remaining Obama or future Clinton administration. Representative Elaine Nekrit



7-8-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Thinking about the Jazzman’s concerns about our attitude towards union leadership.Yesterday I reposted the Jersey Jazzman. He expressed concerns about questioning the motivation of our teacher union leadership, even as we disagree with their actions. I hear this a lot from my union colleagues. Of cour