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Thursday, June 5, 2014

6-5-14 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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New Jersey and Illinois have more in common than crooked politicians. Pension theft and a court fight.
Newark Mayor in the 60s, Hugh Addonizio. There was Frank Hague. The Mayor of Jersey City. From 1917 to 1947. Those who wanted favors from Hague would put cash in a special drawer in his desk that he would push open toward them. Despite being the subject of several investigations, Hague was never even charged for any corruption and is said to have retired a multi-millionaire. Then there were Sen.












George Schmidt. SEIU members were told by their union they had to cross CTU picket lines.
- George Schmidt publishes Substance News. It’s actually worse about the 2012 strike. SEIU members were told by their union they had to cross CTU picket lines. As you remember, CPS opened more than 100 schools, claiming that the children would starve if the schools were not opened. After the first day of the strike, most of the kids refused to cross the picket lines, and instead joined their teac
Board member attacks Hinsdale teachers for being unionized. “They’re like Karen Lewis!”
Members of the IEA and NEA affiliated Hinsdale High School Teachers Association voted unanimously last week to authorize a strike, not wanting to leave for the summer without giving demonstrating their full support for their union leadership. Meanwhile the Hinsdale school board has beating the anti-union drums. Two recent letters to The Doings, a local Sun-Times publication: One year leading Hins


6-4-14 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.: Dancing with Christian Mitchell.We headed over to the Hideout last night for Joravsky and Dumke Second Tuesdays. The panelists were my rep-elect Will Guzzardi, AFSCME lobbyist Adrienne Alexander and pension thief State Rep Christian Mitchell. Mitchell was why I wanted to go. I think we should confront