Monday, December 16, 2013

12-16-13 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.:






I’ll be talking Chicago and Illinois’ #pensiontheft on social media. Join the conversation.
Al Jazeera produces a really interesting show using social media to discuss important issues. Tonight I received a Tweet from Frank Matt, an Associate Producer of Al Jazeera’s The Stream. Tomorrow night they will go live to discuss the Chicago #pensiontheft. Frank asked me to video tape a series of 30 second clips that they will use on the show. 30 seconds doesn’t sound like much. But I can say a



My endorsements.
  Jay Travis is Executive Director of KOCO. One thing is for certain. I won’t be voting for Squeezy in the Democratic Primary come March. But I sill be pulling an Democratic ballot. That is what I need to do to vote for Will Guzzardi in the 39th House District race. Guzzardi is backed by progressives city-wide in this rematch between him and incumbent Toni Berrios. Berrios was given the House sea


Illinois’ richest man has Chicago teacher pensions in his crosshairs.
Now that the General Assembly members have committed the #pension theft of state employees and teachers, Chicago teachers are next. Rahm Emanuel is the current head of the Chicago crime family. Just as the state has failed to meet its pension payment obligations, so it is with the city. Captiolfax’s Rich Miller posted the following on Friday: Rich, I hope you’re doing well, and have enjoyed the

12-15-13 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.: Votes.  Fred, I believe the original quote came from Stalin. His sense of humor ran in that direction, too. Monitoring election integrity has to be done everywhere, but in the Chicago Teachers Union’s major elections, the votes are counted by the American Arbitration Association, and in the Chicago Te