JIm Dey | Details, schmetails — just pass the pension legislation – News-Gazette

There was much celebration in Springfield two weeks ago after legislators passed a pension consolidation bill that its backers say will help put downstate fire and police municipal pensions on a firmer financial footing. Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the legislation a “huge bipartisan step” toward “alleviating the enormous property tax burden in downstate and suburban communities.” Pritzker is at least two-thirds right — the vote was bipartisan and it was a step. But huge? The facts don’t support that claim.