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A former schools superintendent who claimed a Harvey Elementary School District 152 board member threatened her by saying she was “itching for an ass kicking” has been awarded $400,000 in a retaliation lawsuit filed against the south suburban school board.
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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No problem. All they need to do is fire another 5 or 6 police officers to pay this thin-skinned superintendent.