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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

4-2-14 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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Breaking: Rahm’s pension cuts will be signed by the governor by sun down tonight.
Only in Illinois. Rahm’s pension cutting bill was introduced this morning. I am told by those in Springfield that it will be signed by the Squeezy before the sun sets tonight. It will have passed through committees in both the House and the Senate. It will pass both houses. It will become law in less time than it takes to cook a turkey. And then this anti-constitutional turkey will join the other


Amazingly, the Democrats in Springfield are ready to cut pensions again.
I would have thought that the last thing Squeezy, Cullerton and Madigan would want is another public pension cutting bill on their resume prior to the November election. Squeezy will be a hard enough sell to 800,000 Illinois public employees already – thanks to SB1. And why not wait until the courts rule? But I thought wrong. That’s why nobody will confuse me with a Springfield insider. Greg Hinz


What the hell is wrong with SEIU’s Christine Boardman?
Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey. The union response to Rahm Emanuel’s attack on public employee pensions was swift and tough. At least from most of the union leadership representing affected pension members. Bill Dougherty of the Fraternal Order of Police: “I would never agree to something like this. The Lodge has always been willing to sit down and solve problems with the cit
4-1-14 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.: Vote for Fred #19Rahm is not waiting for the courts to decide. He announces an unconstitutional agreement.When I spoke with my State Senator Iris Martinez last November about her vote on pension theft, her answer was a strange one. “I’m against the bill, but I’m voting for it. We should let the courts