Daley Proposes Fifth Year of Highschool

Mayor Daley suggested Thursday that high school be extended for a fifth year to defray college education costs now squeezing working poor and middle-class families.
Unless something is done to loosen the college tuition collar, Daley warned that the “birth rate will go down in the United States and our knowledge-based economy will not grow.”
“You hear [...]

A budget that adds up? Its days are numbered

BY RICH MILLER

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a serious candidate for governor lay out a detailed budget plan as Judy Baar Topinka did this week.
Incumbents always challenge their opponents to produce an alternative plan of their own, and the opponents usually respond with a few broad ideas and a “vision for [...]

John Gebhardt on House Republican Task Force Meeting

Thanks for your information about previous House Republican Task Force meeting you attended
last August. I did attend the meeting as the JWCCAA Legislative Chair -
our JWCCAA President was unable to attend so she asked me to represent the
Chapter as the Legislative Chair . Here is my summary of the meeting
along with the letter [...]

Question of the Day

Does Topinka have a chance to get elected and what are you hearing where you live?

SUAA Blogspot

This Blogspot is designed to allow interaction between visitors with an interest in the Illinois pension systems.  Initially there will be two sections, the first will be a current news article with an opportunity to give your thoughts and second is a SUAA Forum on Issues.
 
At this point there are two rules.
 

As [...]

No Time to Play Taps for Topinka

I’m a bit astonished as I read the Blogs and newspaper articles giving GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Judy Topinka up as dead in the water. That is not how I have read events of the past two months at all. In fact, I believe this race is hers to lose.
About two months ago, Dem. Gov. Rod [...]