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Pensions bills are full of stuff that would not withstand the light of day. That’s why I voted against the vast majority of them. One of the things I noticed while reading some of them was that lobbyists were included. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Illinois Federation of Teachers
In the comment section under the article about the Woodstock Council of Teachers’ candidates’ night tonight at 6 PM at the Woodstock High School auditorium candidate Susan Handelsman provides the IFT local’s questions and her answers. They are reprinted below: … Continue reading
Woodstock Council of Teachers, McHenry County Federation of Teachers, will hold a candidates’ night for those running for the District 200 School Board Wednesday night at 6 PM. The event will be held at the Woodstock High School Auditorium. Officers … Continue reading
The Illinois Federation of Teachers is the next union on commenter Mark’s list of members of organized labor who have donated to Lying Jack Franks over the years. … Continue reading
Since moving to Illinois in 1958, I’ve been following Chicago schools. The first reason was because Benjamin Willis, my mother’s Queen Anne’s County School Superintendent, was then in charge of the Chicago Schools. Those were the days when trailers were … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Raunder: Illinois Federation of Teachers Ratifies Four-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Rauner Administration SPRINGFIELD – Governor Bruce Rauner issued a statement today following the Illinois Federation of Teachers ratification of four-year collective bargaining agreement: … Continue reading
I have written periodically of how teacher unions during the 1990’s encouraged legislative leaders to take money governors earmarked for pension payments and put it into current teacher salaries through the State Aid to Education program. Articles on this subject … Continue reading
You will perhaps remember my writing that when a Governor presents his education budget it comes in three parts: higher education k-12 pensions In the 1990’s (at least) the IFT (Illinois Federation of Teachers) and IEA (Illinois Education Association) lobbyists … Continue reading
Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune editorial was about the teacher pension problem. Too many claims on too few dollars. As regular readers know, teacher union lobbyists regularly urged legislators to skip making payments for pensions in order to increase State Aid … Continue reading
Back in 2010, Democratic Party State Representative Jack Franks had a chance to help poor inner city kids get a decent education. See Jack Franks’ Liberal Politics Hurt the Most Needy and Disadvantaged Kids while Voting Against Saving Hundreds of … Continue reading
Dan Montgomery, President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, has brought out the hoary bromide that Illinois school districts are among “the worst funded in the nation.” That is factually incorrect. This myth is built upon the fact that Illinois … Continue reading
Frequent McHenry County visitor Allen Skillikorn, an East Dundee Village Trustee, has submitted the following piece on our state’s pension problem: Who’s Really To Blame For Illinois’ Pension Mess? By Allen Skillicorn Let’s go back to May 2005. Rod Blagojevich … Continue reading
When I reported on Arne Waltmire’s candidacy for the McHenry County Board from District 4 (McHenry, Richmond and Spring Grove), I told of his running seventh out of nine for the McHenry County College Board in 2013. Having taken a … Continue reading
The Southtown has a Phil Kadner column about the negative effects (more later than soon) of shifting the burden of paying teacher pensions from State government to local school districts. He missed one aspect that some may find significant. I … Continue reading
Here is the first change in the pension law being featured by the Chicago Tribune Sunday on its front page and today on its editorial page. You’ve perhaps heard about the former Mike Madigan and Shirley Madigan employee who worked … Continue reading
Neil Steinberg adds to the pressure to address the public pension mess Monday morning in a column featuring an interview with Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. There is one part that I found interesting, accurate as far as it goes, but … Continue reading
Thought this might be of interest.It is from Mike McGue, a leader of the Lake County Federation of Teachers, one of Democrat State Rep. Jack Franks’ contributors. Click to enlarge. It’s addressed, “Dear Anti-Tax Zealot.” … Continue reading
Regular readers may remember my extreme disappointment with liberal Democrat Jack Franks’ vote to sentence poorly-educated Chicago children to more of the same. Chicago Pastor and State Senator James Meeks got a bill through the State Senate that would have … Continue reading
It wasn’t the lead story on the front page of Sunday’s Chicago Tribune, but it certainly could have been. Two teacher union lobbyists stand to get pensions larger than teachers–as a retired teacher pointed out to me as I was … Continue reading
Here’s the email from the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Note the false characterization of the proposed income tax hike as “approximately 2 percent.” Tell Your Lawmakers to Support Revenue for Education and State Services Support Revenue for Education and Public … Continue reading