No ten minute drawings for the next few days.
Some tendon damage of unknown origin to my wrist has put my left arm (I’m left handed) in a cast for a few days. I can keyboard, but not draw.
What did $4 million buy the state’s unions in the primary?
ALEC chairman Kirk Dillard. The unions’ choice for governor in the primary. There are two (at least) models of union electoral strategy on display in Illinois that we can look at. In the primary election just past the state union political action committees were estimated to have dropped somewhere in the $4 million range on ALEC state chair Kirk Dillard in his failed race against Bruce Rauner on
Glen Brown. How you benefit from our defined benefit pension.
- Glen Brown is a teacher, pension activist and blogger. This post can be found at Teacher/Poet/Musician. Pensionomics 2014: Measuring the Economic Impact of Defined Benefit Pension Expenditures reports the national economic impacts of public and private pension plans, as well as the impact of state and local plans on a state-by-state basis. The study measures the economic ripple effect of retire
“Dr.” Terrence P. Carter. Arne Duncan’s superstar. The story the Chicago press won’t touch.
“Doctor” Carter, superstar. In 2007 the Chicago Tribune wrote: The Chicago Public Schools system has 126 openings for principals next fall, and has only 33 current principals ready to take the jobs. That’s a problem. It’s also a phenomenal opportunity. Vacancies in about one-fifth of the schools give CPS Chief Executive Officer Arne Duncan a chance to bring in a new generation of leaders to trans
7-29-14 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.: IPACE endorsements and pension thieves.IEA’s IPACE endorsements for state House and Senate elections are done by local IPACE committees. The recommendations must be approved by the state IPACE committee. I compiled the list of IPACE recommended candidates and their votes on Senate Bill 1, the pension
