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Comment: But wait. Read the last paragraph: In addition to his superintendent’s salary, Baldermann receives a pension of about $70,000 a year for his work as a suburban police chief!
Comment: Lose no sleep, Chicago. “At least the most powerful media institution in the region, the Washington Post, will stand up to this giant corporate giveaway — oh, wait a minute, Jeff Bezos owns that, too.”
Pritzker has included former Gov. Jim Edgar in his transition team to add bipartisan legitimacy to his upcoming policies. But Edgar’s reputation and legitimacy isn’t deserved when it comes to Illinois’ biggest problem: pensions. The bipartisan compromises Edgar championed are responsible for turning the state’s pension problem into a full-blown nightmare.
A match made in heaven.
The closure of a fire station and elimination of vacant police positions had been proposed as part of spending cuts to close a $7.4 million budget shortfall. But at a special meeting to discuss the budget last week, aldermen suggested they could not support cuts to the police and fire departments’ budgets.
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