UPDATE: Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog "So if Christian didn’t like the pension bill, then why did he vote for it?" WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:

"So if Christian didn’t like the pension bill, then why did he vote for it?"

In this morning's mail... Jay Travis asks a great question of her opponent, incumbent 26th Dist. Rep. Christian Mitchell. He's quoted in the Sun-Times as saying he “didn’t like Senate Bill 1”—that is, House Speaker Michael Madigan’s bill that slashed the retirement security of elderly teachers, social workers, and other state employees. Asks Travis: "So if Christian didn’t like the bill, then

by Mike Klonsky / 57min 

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Michael Brenner

A feature of the Obama presidency has been his campaign against the American public school system, eating way at the foundations of elementary education. That means the erosion of an institution that has been one of the keystones of the Republic. The project to remake it as a mixed public/private hybrid is inspired by a discredited dogma that charter schools perform better. -- The American Public School Under Siege

Ald. Bob Fioretti

“There is a lack of respect for neighborhoods and lack of leadership.” -- Emanuel’s re-election nightmare

Dwayne Truss, Chicago community activist

“They’re blurring the line, big-time.” -- Charter school’s religious affiliation raises