Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker declared Wednesday that he is not pursuing a constitutional amendment that could set the stage for eliminating a pension protection clause that stands in the way of abolishing the three percent compounded cost-of-living increase that, Emanuel claims, will cost Chicago taxpayers $42 billion over the next 40 years.

Comment: But the astonishing thing is that Susana Mendoza is the beneficiary, though she’s closer to Burke than anybody. In the past she praised Burke as her mentor and role model. She was married in Burke’s home. Regarding Burke’s wife, Mendoza said, “I’ve told her that no matter what I run for, she’s the one and only who could ever swear me in, so thank you for having done that for me as Chicago city clerk, which has been up to now, my greatest honor…. It would just not be special without you.” But hen she dumped her after Burke’s