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Thursday, November 28, 2013

11-28-13 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.:




“Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.”
  “Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naĂŻve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevail


Mega Godzilla.
. Anne, Leigh, Candy and I had dinner at a sushi place in Prospect Heights last night. In fact it was the second night in a row we had dinner at a sushi place. I ordered the Mega Godzilla – a roll with soft shell crab, eel and avocado. A regular Godzilla roll leaves out the soft-shell crab. But news of the pension deal back home caused me to go Mega. The night before it was with my brother-in-law

Teacher and union activist Todd Mertz: “This is it.” With emails of every Illinois legislator.
From Todd Mertz: This morning a pension deal was struck between all four legislative leaders–Madigan, Cullerton, Radogno, and Durkin. This agreement would steal an estimated $160 billion from teachers and state employees over the next 30 years. The vote will take place in both the House and the Senate on Tuesday. What a great way to wish teachers and state employees a happy Thanksgiving. The We Ar


11-27-13 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.: 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 emai