Is Cullerton serious about education funding?
John Cullerton spoke at the City Club yesterday. It was the first time he spoke publicly since last week’s blundering pronouncement by Governor Rauner about a deal over public employee pensions.
Several hours after the Governor spoke, Cullerton issued a statement saying there was no deal.
Yesterday he said there was a deal. It was just not the deal as Rauner described it.
Cullerton has always believed that a choice option between lower salary or lower benefits would satisfy the consideration requirement of changing the pension contract.
It doesn’t, as I wrote about yesterday.
The main topic of Cullerton’s speech at the City Club yesterday was the state education funding formula. He described it as the real turnaround agenda, distinguishing it from Rauner’s anti-union turnaround agenda.
Beware when any politician uses the word turnaround.
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