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Senate President Don Harmon said the bill is “designed to limit the influence of money in judicial elections.” This influence was on display in 2020 with Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride's failed retention election.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I assume this bill has to do with machine insuring a iron grip on next Illinois supreme-court seat? They already gerrymandered, so now this bill cuts off any funding for opposition. Behind the scenes this and Amendment #1 is what the elections all about for pay-to-play machine.
Crooked, Corrupt, Legally Illiterate Democrat Toilet Rats Think The Constitution Is Like An
E-vite that that you can just ignore