Will that old Daley magic still work for Bill? – Crain’s

Among Daley’s comments to Greg Hinz:

“I think (Pritzker) will work with the mayor to address the [pension] issue…. It can’t all be on the taxpayers. Everyone has to have some skin in the game.” Included in his view is labor, despite an Illinois Supreme Court ruling that overruled a pain-sharing deal outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel bargained. Daley said he’d start by getting all parties together, and said a negotiated constitutional amendment like one Arizona used to weaken a pension clause similar to the one Illinois has “always is a possibility.”

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