Chicago Machine Politics, Pensions and the Illinois Legislature

By: chicagobluesgirl (Diary) | August 14th at 11:36 AM |

In Illinois, there is a crisis and lawmakers are crying foul. It’s a mess. But rising out of that mess is a lawmaker who isn’t very popular with unions or his fellow legislators for that matter. Chris Lauzen fought the good fight and as he left, he gave the Illinois Congress a gift–a solution to our pension and bankruptcy woes. And just as they did when he was a part of that legislative body–the Illinois Legislature has chosen to ignore it.

Tags: ChicagoMachine, IL Teacher Retirement System, Illinois, Lauzen, Madigan, Quinn

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