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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

10-22-13 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.:






Just back from Springfield. Call now to stop this pension bomb.
Call your legislators toll-free now at 888-412-6570 and tell them to oppose the draft plan by the conference committee. The legislature will be in fall veto session over the dates of October 22-24 and November 5-7. At any time, the legislature could vote on a draft plan formed by the conference committee that’s just as bad as House Speaker Michael Madigan’s Senate Bill 1. At this point, credible

Congratulatory IRTA resolution to Glen Brown, me and other pension bloggers.
The Illinois Retired Teachers Association meeting in Springfield yesterday and today, took special note of the role that  pension and education bloggers play in the fight for pension rights by issuing a congratulatory resolution naming me, my friend Glen Brown and others “unnamed” who provide constant pension information. I was both surprised and honored. WHEREAS the Illinois Retired Teachers Asso


10-21-13 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.: Cullerton comes clean. “It’s not a pension issue. It’s a revenue issue.”As I throw a few things into a bag and head down to Springfield for the state meeting of the Illinois Retired Teachers Association and the Fall veto session of the General Assembly, I’m checking out the Chicago Trib. Senate Presid