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Pro and con:
In advance of the special legislative session in Springfield on Wednesday to take another stab at pension reform, I initiated an email dialogue with Anders Lindall, spokesman for the local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and...Tags: Cook County Government, Credit and Debt, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Voice of the People, Jun. 19
What would Abe do? Even in the time of Abraham Lincoln you needed moral integrity plus either political capital or political savvy to get anything meaningful accomplished. Lincoln had the moral integrity and political savvy; today's politicians are...Tags: Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Illinois Elections, Personal Income, Michael Madigan
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Oak Lawn cancels pensions for part-time officeholders
The part-time job of Oak Lawn Village Board member no longer comes with pension benefits. Board members last week voted to get rid pensions for elected officials, including the Village Board and mayor. The move, backed by newly elected Mayor Sandra Bury...
Tags: Government, Finance, Oak Lawn, Interior Policy, Politics
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Editorials: Lawmakers, check your egos at the door
Lawmakers return to Springfield on Wednesday to address pension reform, but they're already planning a return engagement for July. Because you just can't beat Springfield in July. If the members agree to the idea, Democratic and Republican leaders of...
Tags: Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Michael Madigan, Economy, Business and Finance
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Allentown residents grill LCA on water, sewer rates
Under terms of the Allentown water and sewer lease, city customers will pay a different rate than suburban customers getting their water from the same source, Lehigh County Authority officials said Tuesday at a community meeting. LCA is holding a series...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Credit Ratings, Breinigsville
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Lawmakers may punt on pensions
State lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider fixes to Illinois' financially woeful government worker pension system, but the heaviest lifting they're likely to do is to vote to form a committee to seek an elusive compromise. Lacking...
Tags: Tom Cross, Personal Income, Interior Policy, Michael Madigan, Parties and Movements
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Don't count Cullerton out
"You must be one of those (expletives) from Room 6." I don't remember the first 10 words my now-wife spoke to me back then, much less the exact first words of old friends. Except, that is, for Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, D-Chicago....
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois General Assembly, Interior Policy, Michael Madigan, Education
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State retirees aren't the bad guys
You've gone from labeling legislators voting against your preferred, more-Draconian Michael Madigan pension bill as cowards (Editorial, "The do-nothing caucus," May 6) to calling them out by name as “obstructionists” (Parts 1-4, June 15-18). I...Tags: Finance, Michael Madigan, Interior Policy, Politics, Voting
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PA Senate Committee could tackle Sen. Pat Browne's or Gov. Tom Corbett's pension reform plans
Capitol IdeasYo! The Senate Finance Committee may vote on a pension reform bill Wednesday. But which pension reform bill will the committee take up? Could it take up the far-sweeping, Gov. Tom Corbett-endorsed bill introduced in May by the committee chairman,...... -
The Rhubarb Patch: Is it time for politicians to get out of the pension business ?
Change of SubjectFor Wednesday's print column, in advance of the special legislative session in Springfield on Wednesday to take another stab at pension reform, I initiated an email dialogue with Anders Lindall, right, spokesman for the local chapter of the American... -
Pennsylvania House debates mass transit funding, which one lawmaker likens to 'welfare'
HARRISBURG — In the last 16 years, the number of people riding a LANTA bus has risen 60 percent to 6 million. That number is expected to keep going up if the Lehigh Valley's population climbs more than 10 percent over the next seven years as...Tags: Tom Corbett, Justice System, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Interior Policy
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Editorial: The obstructionists, Part 4
Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who's exploring a run for governor, took a stab at Illinois' pension stalemate Monday. He had some good ideas for how Gov. Pat Quinn could force the issue — starting with a promise to veto any faux...
Tags: Camille Y. Lilly, William Delgado, Michael Madigan, Interior Policy, Jason Barickman
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