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Monday, September 1, 2014

9-1-14 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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Greg Hinz. Both Quinn and Rauner bob and weave on pension fix.
Reader Rick Klimes points me to Crain’s Greg Hinz. Hinz says neither Quinn or Rauner are willing to say what Plan B is when the Illinois Supreme Court rules, as expected, that SB7 is a constitutional offense. The problem for many state employees is that Quinn has a record. Rauner’s is that he advocates for a ponzi scheme to replace a defined benefit. Both incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn and GOP chal






Labor Day.
Life in Rahm’s Chicago. The death of a nameless homeless man in Logan Square.
  The Kennedy overpass at Belmont and Kedzie. DNAinfo: A man who police say was homeless was beaten to death in Logan Square Saturday evening. Around 10:50 p.m., the man, 59, was in an alley in the 1900 block of North Ridgeway Avenue when two people got out of their car and beat him with their hands and feet, according to Officer Janel Sedevic, a police spokeswoman. The 59-year-old was taken to M
8-31-14 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.: Sunday reads.Art Spiegelman in The Nation. Feeling sorry for Terrence Carter? Not me. Did you get your loyalty scorecard from Rahm? Hinsdale community rallies to “86 the majority” on the board. Teacher asks students to split into two groups to simulate ideal class size. Democrats? Republicans? Who wil