What a load of crap. If you needed reasons to rally at a legislative district office, you got ‘em now.
If you needed a reason to attend one of the pension rallies Monday, the state’s political leadership just gave you a shopping basket full. Crain’s Greg Hinz provides the gory details. The big savings — projected to total about $160 billion over 30 years — would come from reduced annual cost-of-living adjustments (or COLAs, as they’re generally known). Right now, everyone in the state funds gets
Ben Velderman. My stalker and dark money.
My stalker Ben Velderman in 2010 and more recently. Some of my older readers may recall Ben Velderman. Back when I was president of the union local, the Park Ridge Education Association, Ben filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all of my work emails and my personnel file. As a public employee, he was entitled to receive them after they had been redacted of information that made refe
December 2nd pension action locations.
List of events, categorized by “Lead Union” AFSCME • Rockford – Stadelman/Syverson, Jefferson o Start Time: 10 a.m. o Transportation: Self. (Parking is plentiful.) o Meeting Location: All three offices are located in third-floor suites at 200 S. Wyman, Rockford, IL. o Note: The lead local has set a meeting time in a conference room with Sens. Stadelman and Syverson and plans to fill it to overflow
11-26-13 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.: Jim Broadway: A test of the rule of law.What are the details? What bill will be amended to become the new pension law? None of that information is available. We only know Madigan plans a one-day session of the House on December 3, and the Senate may be in December 3-4. It would seem, then, that the Ho
