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Thursday, February 6, 2014

2-6-14 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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Rescheduled Soup Kitchen and half a cola at State Rep Robyn Gabel’s district office.
  Some members of our Skokie Organization of Retired Educators (SORE) IEA/ Retired chapter will be heading over to State Representative Robyn Gabel’s Evanston district office on February 18th from 4PM to 5PM. We had previously scheduled it for January 28th. But it was minus 45 degrees that day. You remember. The Polar Vortex. We’re SORE. But not crazy. Some friends have asked us about our protest


Aldermen Bob Fioretti (2nd), Scott Waguespack (32nd), Brendan Reilly (42nd) and John Arena (45th). That’s it.
Aldermen Bob Fioretti (2nd), Scott Waguespack (32nd), Brendan Reilly (42nd) and John Arena (45th). That’s it. Those are the names of the Chicago aldermen who voted against Rahm’s plan to add another two billion dollars of debt, while betting the legislature will save them money by screwing the city’s public employees out of their pensions. Four alderman out of fifty. That’s not a progressive cauc


2-5-14 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.: Free Scott Reeder.You’re not going to believe this, but I am feeling a tinge of sympathy for Scott Reeder this morning. Democratic Party boss and Speaker of the Illinois House has banned him from the General Assembly’s press box. So has Democratic Senate President John Cullerton. They are claiming tha