Arnie’s rant. Truth, thy name is blogger.
The other day I was trying to get some information about the Illinois Teacher Retirement System from a TRS employee who clearly didn’t want to talk to me. “I know who you are,” he said. “You’re a blogger!” Whoa. Is that my identity now? Thirty years of teaching, activism, union work, art work, ukelele playing. Most importantly ukelele playing. And it all comes down to being a blogger. If you’ve b
CMS, HMS and self-audits.
I posted yesterday about the letter that was sent to Illinois retirees regarding Teachers Retirement Insurance Program (TRIP) eligibility. Central Management Services (CMS) has contracted with a national firm, HMS, that specializes in cost control through audits of members’ claims of dependents. Former TRS Executive Director Jon Bauman calls CMS, “Can’t Manage S***.” Just to be clear of the obvio
10-1-13 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.: Illinois is broke? Cut teacher pensions and give millions to Archer Daniels Midland.Remember the phony front group that Civic Committee president Ty Fahner set up called Illinois is Broke? He wanted you to think the state was broke because of huge pensions to teachers, firemen and cops. Y’know. That $