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Latest from the Illinois Gang of Ten’s proposals for pension theft.
From the Springfield Journal Register: The Associated Press on Friday obtained an outline of ideas being considered by the 10-person committee, whose members have said they are making progress on an issue that has vexed the Legislature for years. Sen. Kwame Raoul, a Chicago Democrat and the committee’s chairman, acknowledged the outline but said the document is preliminary and the panel is not re
The in box. Randy Hultgren. The Congressman from the health insurance industry.
For a politician claiming to value fiscal responsibility, 14th Congressional Representative Randy Hultgren certainly has wasted a lot of our money. Hultgren has voted with the rest of his Tea Party coalition to repeal Obamacare 40 times. According to a recent CBS study, each Republican vote to repeal costs all of us American taxpayers $1.45 million—for a total of about $58 million. Question: Why w
The in box. Micah Uetricht on Chicago’s safe passage in murder city.
Micah Uetricht (right) reports on Chicago’s schools set up for failure. By Micah Uetricht for Al Jazeera Walking along bustling 47th Street in Bronzeville, a poor, almost entirely African-American neighborhood on the city’s South Side, Irene Robinson pointed out two men exchanging money in what looked like a drug deal, and sites where young men, including her godson, have been gunned down in re
Schools close. Teachers fired.CPS principals receive a Rauner bonus. “Take your spouse to the Four Seasons,” says the Mayor.
CPS principals receive bonuses paid for by millionaire Bruce Rauner. The first thing right-wing loony Dr. Dathan Paterno did following his election to the Park Ridge school board was vote to give a handful of Park Ridge administrators thousands of dollars in bonuses. He ran for the board on a platform of cutting teacher salaries. Typical. The Chicago Sun-Times reports today that CPS principals
8-22-13 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.: The in boxSun-Times, Civic Committee and the Civic Federation: More blame the teacher pensions. The Civic Federation’s Larry Msall. If ever there was a time for every public and private employee to stand in defense of Illinois teacher pensions, the Sun-Times made it clear, today is the day. Teacher P