Throwback Thursday. The theft of public employee pensions.
This is a post from Glen Brown from November of 2012. The facts are still the same. The links provide good information. Many Illinois citizens are aware that state legislators have not fully funded the public pension systems throughout the years; that instead of paying into the pension systems, they have used that money to pay for other services. Thus, without having to pay for services, state le
IEA turns thumbs down on Democrat pension thieves Gabel, Biss and Fine.
Illinois pension thieves Senator Dan Biss and Representatives Robyn Gabel and Laura Fine appeared before an IPACE recommendation hearing that included our S.O.R.E. Retired chapter of IEA. They were asking for an IPACE recommendation in the November election. IPACE is the political action committee of the IEA. No member dues are used for election contributions. Every member can make a voluntary co
Stephanie Gadlin. Fear and loathing in Chicago. Run Karen. Run.
- Stephanie Gadlin is Communications Director for the Chicago Teachers Union A THOUGHT: I am growing uncomfortable with the direction of the tone of the media stories emerging in light of the Sun-Times poll that has CTU President Karen Lewis besting Mayor Rahm Emanuel by 9 percentage points. While much of the coverage centers on speculation about whether or not Karen will seek public office and i
When the courts rule pension theft unconstitutional, what will be plan B.
Since the Illinois Supreme Court ruled a few weeks ago that the pension protection clause of the Illinois Constitution meant what it said, it now appears likely they will rule that Senate Bill 1 is also constitutional. The question becomes, what next? Some friends are concerned that Madigan and Quinn would then try to amend the constitution. As Crain’s points out, this is not so easy. The pension
7-16-14 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.: Red-baiting in Chicago.Campaign kick-off poster for Tim Meegan. - Tim Meegan is a Chicago Teacher and candidate for Chicago Alderman in the 33rd Ward. Fred, Here is the full text of my speech. Clearly I’m not calling for violent revolution: My name is Timothy Meegan, I am a father of a CPS student and