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Sunday, March 16, 2014

3-16-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:



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Breaking. Glen Brown endorses Fred Klonsky for retired delegate to the NEA RA.
SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 Fred Klonsky for IEA Delegate Me on the right. Pension thief, State Senator Dan Biss on the left. Fighting for against pension theft on my blog, with IEA Retired and in the streets. From pension blogger and activist, Glen Brown: If you are an IEA Retired member or know somebody who is and support Fred Klonsky’s views and activism, here is what you can do to help: 1


The candidate’s mom called so you have to show up.
  My mom. The voice mail message on my cell had a 919 area code. That’s North Carolina. I don’t know anybody in North Carolina. Not anybody that would be calling me on a Sunday afternoon anyway. But it was Will Guzzardi’s mom. No really. She was reminding me that I had volunteered to do poll watching on Tuesday and that meant showing up at 5AM to get my final marching orders and precinct assignme


Ten minute drawing. Living wage.




Sunday reads.
  Maintenance costs for closed CPS schools cut by $300 million. Gates echoes union leaderships complaint of Common Core’s bumpy implementation. Or do they echo him? As living standards fall for seniors, signs of a Silver Revolution. Those of us who turned 20 in ’68 are 65 today. Investigate the test. Netflix loves charters and hates elected school boards.  What’s really happening with Chicago’s m
Lobby days.
  Fred, I had the opportunity to talk with Senator Bill Cunningham and Representative Kelly Burke at a town hall meeting here on the south suburbs this morning. I wanted to ask them about their position on possible future cuts to the pension system, given that all of the corporate special interests have stated that complete elimination of the pension systems is what is necessary if Illinois is to
3-15-14 Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherKen Previti. Dillardrauner vs Raunerdillard: The strategy of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD).- Ken Previti is a retired Illinois teacher now living in Florida. He blogs at Reclaim Reform. The teachers in Illinois, and elsewhere,