The following table is the summary of all the money donated to Kirk Dillard over the years from Public Sector Government Unions. AFL-CIO 800 AFSCME 201,800 AFT 41,200 Assoc. Fire Fighters 6,500 Chicago Federation of Labor 4,000 Chicago Fire Fighters local 2 500 Fraternal Order of Police 1,300 IEA 793,450 IFT 287,600 IL Assoc. of […]
Bruce Rauner - Done
January 8, 2014 by 2 Comments
Bruce Rauner has launched a new ad. This one takes a pre-emptive look at the coming government unions attacks.
Quinn vs. AFSCME
September 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
In Illinois, we have a public-sector employees’ union in open combat with its former ally, a Democratic governor, whose state is drowning in debts and liabilities. We have the awkwardness for Illinois Democratic candidates as they watch this intramural dispute play out during an election cycle. And we have Illinois taxpayers, likely hoping that Gov. […]
Our Illinois Pension Debacle
August 24, 2012 by 7 Comments
Back in Illinois, the funniest thing is going on! The governor and the Legislature are bickering over when “pension reform” might come about. What difference does it make? Anyone who knows their way around an Income Statement and Balance Sheet knows that the Illinoiseconomy is never going to generate enough revenue to meet more than […]
Unions block public pension reform in IL legislature
August 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
The Illinois legislature failed on Friday to take any action to fix the state’s woefully underfunded public retirement system because of fierce opposition from unions and concern about the response of voters in the November elections. Negotiations quickly collapsed amid partisan bickering, with Gov. Quinn accusing minority Republicans of blocking reform and Republican Senate Leader […]
Union rank-&-file Score Victories over Big Labor bosses
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Led by grassroots efforts of union rank and file members across the country, America is waking up to the fact that today’s Big Labor bosses are nothing more than Gasping Dinosaurs desperate to avoid extinction at the expense of American freedoms. Coast to coast we are witnessing Employees Push Back Against SEIU’s Persuasion of Power! Click here […]
Quinn’s Pension Reform: Rearranging the Deckchairs on the Titanic.
June 19, 2012 by 4 Comments
Once more we see the fecklessness of Illinois politicians in their phony, unworkable so called “solutions” to the pension problem. The current flavor of the day is Gov. Quinn’s. There is only one solution that will work over time and will spare our children and grandchildren (at least the ones who have not moved to […]
Classless warfare fails in Wisconsin
June 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ideally, recall elections are a tool to remove corrupt or out-of-control politicians. They are not supposed to be partisan means to punish elected officials for policy differences. We have regular elections for that. Conversely, a failed recall can demonstrate public support for an incumbent’s policies and smear huge amounts of egg on certain deserving faces. […]
Pension Reform - Diminish and Impair Everything Except Pensions
June 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
The Illinois Constitution famously contains the words “diminish or impaired” which are commonly used by teachers and others to justify outrageous and costly pensions: Membership in any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, orany agency or instrumentality thereof, shall be an enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits […]
Time for school choice in Chicago
There are few matters of public interest greater than educating the next generation. Chicago public school teachers who went on strike Monday have struck against the public interest, placing self-interest in difficult economic times ahead of children. But there is a way around the current impasse that doesn’t involve giving in to the union. It’s […]