You can run, but not hide. Madigan schedules pension vote the day after election filing deadline.
In what one commentator sarcastically called a profile in courage, Democratic Party Speaker has let it be known that the General Assembly will be called back into session shortly after the 2nd of December. December 2nd is the deadline for filing petitions to run for the House and Senate in the 2014 election. By waiting until after the filing deadline, the suspicion is that the leaders are offerin
Skokie swift.
As part of the retiree lifestyle change Anne and I are down to one car. We traded in her ten-year old Accord and my six-year convertible Mini Cooper for a 2013 Honda CRV. Ulysses loves riding in the back. I shed a tear when they drove my Mini away. One car for two active people means the shared calendar on our smart phones must be up to date. Every new entry must note if a car is needed. In the wa
Our pensions with no apologies. Pony up.
Pony Up: A Contribution & Letter by Joni Lindgren to Gary Elmen & IRTA. From John Dillon’s blog. Pony Up: (Verb) The pony in question, a slang term for a twenty-five pound note in Britain, is certainly an idiom describing the making of a monetary payment. Other origins include allusions to English Quarter Day, which was March 25th and the day all debts were to be settled and paid. While t
11-13-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Squeezy couldn’t have found a better mate if had gone to eHarmony.com. Illinois’ working families need another choice. Squeezy’s pick of Paul Vallas as his running mate was shocking to many. Not because the policies and practices of the former head of Chicago’s public schools are that different from