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Sunday, July 14, 2013

7-14-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:







Oh no. Not Zorn on pensions again.
Back in May of 2012 Tribune star columnist (a low bar indeed) engaged my pal Glen Brown in an exchange over state public employee pensions. At one point the conversation turned to the issue of the Illinois Constitution. Our state constitution guarantees public employee pensions. But Zorn thought Glen took too hard a position on our Constitutional claim. Even though he admitted he knew very little

Pension song.
. Please Don’t Steal My Teacher’s Pension by Glen Brown (an emulation of John Prine’s “Please Don’t Bury Me”)   G                                  C Woke up this mornin’, wrote another essay G                            D about sustainability G                          C And that unfunded liability, of our State’s pensions G                          D                                     G And tha

Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky
Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee.JULY 13, 2013.We’re going to catch Taj Mahal when he is in town on Tuesday night.Taj is doing two shows at The City Winery. We’re catching the early one and then heading out Wednesday for a two-week road trip.Going to see Taj perform is like visiting with an old pal.When I was a student at Fairfax High School in LA back in ’65, Taj and joined up wit


7-13-13 Fred Klonsky | Still a retired public school teacher, looking at the data ALL WEEK LONG .
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:TODAYThe Madman takes care of his friends.How do we know that Illinois public employees are not friends of Democratic Party Chairman and Speaker Michael Madigan. Because The Madman takes care of his friends. And while he has been leading the charge on Senate Bill 1, a bill that would for all intents an