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Friday, February 14, 2014

2-14-14 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.:






Glen Brown. Choosing Dillard is a sad state of affairs
- Glen Brown “…According to [IEA President Cinda] Klickna, who spent more than 30 years as a high school English teacher, ‘Senator Dillard has consistently shown that he values the expertise and opinions of Illinois’ public education employees. Senator Dillard supports our fight for adequate funding for public education, and he stood up to tremendous pressure and voted against the unfair and unco


Ten minute drawing. The lesser-of-two-evils theory on acid.







Even for Chicago politics, Toni Berrios hits a new low. The Regular Democrats have crossed the line.
  I got this postcard in the mail yesterday. Toni Berrios, daughter of Chicago Democratic Party Chairman, is sending us postcards claiming our candidate, Will Guzzardi is a pervert, child predator or protector of both. She is backed by the money and precinct workers of State Party Chairman Michael Madigan. This election isn’t about pensions, schools or tax policy. The Regular Democrats have turne


I’ll be back at my alma mater next Tuesday. This time I’ll join faculty on the picket line.
. It has been a few years since I have been at UIC. Back in the day I would was driving a taxi to pay the bills. Plus I could park it for a class and then get over to Humboldt Park to pick up the kid from the baby sitter. The thing is, I wasn’t the only one. UIC is an urban school. Few students live on campus. There was always talk about it having an “urban mission.” But if there was an urban mis
Kirk Dillard. “Obama’s a socialist.”
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The ALEC letter and Kirk Dillard.
  Sen. Kirk Dillard speaks at the “Defend Marriage Lobby Day” held in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.  Earlier today I posted about the IEA endorsement of State Senator Kirk Dillard in the Republican primary election for Illinois Governor. In that post I pointed out that Dillard is State Chairman of ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.

IEA endorses Illinois state chairman of ALEC for governor.
  Today the Illinois Education Association will announce its endorsement of Kirk Dillard in the Republican primary for governor of Illinois. Kirk Dillard is a current Republican Illinois State Senator who voted no on Senate Bill 1 – pension theft. But aside from that, Dillard is a right-wing Republican, who has opportunistically shifted further and further right since the IEA endorsed him along w
2-13-14 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.: I am a UIC alum. What UIC gave me I didn’t get from the pretty buildings. Support the faculty and staff. #UICStrike.by Fred Klonsky / 1h Eden Martin. Pension questions from the one percent.Chris Rock explains the difference between being rich and being wealthy. Shaq is rich, but the white man who sign