December 4, 2013 By: Mark Glennon   In yesterday’s hearings (more like a show trial) on the 325 page pension bill that most legislators had only a day to review, one young woman stood out: Rep. Jeanne Ives (R. Wheaton).   In the bill there’s an option for state workers to participate in a 401k-type plan instead of a pension, though only five percent of workers may do so  — that’s to force most younger workers to stay in the pensions to subsidize older ones. Well, it turns out there’s also a provision that apparently allows for termination of

http://www.bettergov.org/government_surplus/ A BGA investigation explores the glut of closed public facilities and why they are becoming a strain on communities statewide. But they’re an opportunity, too, if they can be monetized through some kind of public/private partnership, provided the usual crony capitalists can be kept out.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/illinois-obamacare-poll-100598.html?hp=l19 45% dispprove, 44$ approve, remainder undecided.

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