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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
ESCALATING THE WAR ON BUSINESS
Face of Jesus Christ appears in three-cheese pizza
Michigan School Databases: detailed reports from the State of Michigan.
Michigan School Databases: detailed reports from the State of Michigan.
Total per pupil expenditure 2008/9
Whitehall $11,589
Mona Shores $10,581
N Muskegon $9,986
Muskegon $13,407
Muskegon Heights $14,174
Detroit $14,280
http://www.mackinac.org/depts/epi/fiscal.aspx
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/teacher-union-employee-exaggerates.html
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/rochester-schools-raise-pay-report-cuts.html
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
THE OP-ED THE NYT DIDN'T WANT YOU TO READ
Below is the Op-Ed that Governor Walker wrote that the New York Times chose not to run:
READ IT and UNDERSTAND the IMPORTANCE of the BATTLE in WISCONSIN!
Washington Considers Taxing Mileage
"The Congressional Budget Office has released a report on taxing the number of miles traveled by vehicles to help fund the highway system, as an alternative to raising fuel taxes."
Remember this will be an additional NEW tax, not a replacement for the old tax.
Like you didn't already know that....
A Requiem for Detroit
"In Detroit, of course, we do not see lives being lost to an angry and capricious Earth.
But the human wreckage is there all the same—the consequence of crime, strangled opportunity, and lives without hope."
Wisconsin Fight Goes to Court
"The Prosser–Kloppenburg bout has political implications beyond the fate of Walker’s bill.
Numerous GOP state senators are facing recalls, and Walker himself could face one next year.
If Prosser falls, it will be a heavy blow to Republicans, especially for the backbenchers who stood with Walker, many of whom had hoped to emerge from the fiery budget debate with their careers intact.
....“This is for all the marbles,” says Charlie Sykes, a prominent conservative talk-radio host in Milwaukee."
Michigan Political Conference Draws Hundreds
"Celebrating President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, 250 tea party leaders and conservative activists gathered in Holt, Michigan for the first annual statewide Conservative Political Action Conference on March 26."
State and Local Tax Revenues Set Record in QIV
In another sign that the U.S. economy has made a full recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, state and local tax collections reached a new record high in the fourth quarter 2010.
Sorta belies their claims of drastic cuts.
The Green Energy Economy Reconsidered
"Have we ever seen such a 'green economy'?
Yes we have; in the 13th century.
Renewable energy is quite literally the energy of yesterday."
Detroit: Haunting photos of crumbling remains highlight decline of Motor City
"Must the show go on? The United Artists Theater in Detroit, derelict and open to the elements."
Fraud contaminating free health-care pool
"Gaping loopholes in the program that covers poor uninsured Bay Staters have cost taxpayers tens of millions in bogus claims from out-of-staters and foreigners —not to mention gynecological bills for men and foot X-rays for headaches, according to the commonwealth’s inspector general.
“We’re finding overpayments, double payments and medically unnecessary payments,”"
Fraud? I'm shocked, shocked to find that fraud is going on here!
Jean Auel concludes prehistoric saga with 6th book
Taxpayers’ K-12 Money Diverted to Union Business
"Maryanne Levine is a full-time elementary school teacher with the Chippewa Valley School District who was elected to the Michigan Education Association board of directors.
The district releases her from teaching responsibilities so that she can deal 100 percent with union issues.
But Chippewa Valley still pays for $103,807of Levine’s $145,117 total compensation.
The union pays the remaining $41,310."
So, a teacher who doesn't teach gets paid $145,117 not to teach for the nine month she doesn't teach?
That makes sense, doesn't it?
EU to ban cars from cities by 2050
Attacking Public Employees
"Were Mr. Baker et. al. truly concerned about public employees and the solvency of their pension funds they would be calling to infuse more money into the plans instead of seeking to justify the status quo"
Muskegon County considers financial details for proposed jail
"If Muskegon County officials decide to build a new, 376-bed jail — one of the preliminary options on their drawing board — then they would have to find between $1.4 and $1.6 million in their annual budget or convince voters to approve around 0.35 mills to pay for it."
The question might be asked "what are we getting for $1.5 million/year?"
And "isn't that just the starting point, with annual, triple automatic raises for every employee?"
And, maybe "where're gonna get that money?"
Coldwater prison to close: Florence Crane Correctional Facility
"The Florence Crane Correctional Facility in Coldwater will close by June 1"
Yes, this ought to affect the county jail decision.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Why Liberals Hate Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin
"Such is the fate today of those uppity souls who choose to challenge the authority and legitimacy of our inexorably growing government plantation."
In Georgia, high erasures triggered criminal investigation
"Fifty agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, an agency like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, began in October 2010 to question teachers and principals at 58 Atlanta schools where there were statistically significant rates of wrong answers changed to right ones on students' answer sheets."
Overpriced teachers may be the issue now.
But when are we going to focus on this government monopoly's abject failure of delivering "education" to our children?
The ‘Real World’ vs. Public School Budget Cuts
The following is a presidential address to the nation — to be delivered in March 2026 as our economy collapses from debt
Michigan universities spending more on administrators
"Michigan universities increased spending on administrators by about 30 percent in the past five years as student enrollment and state funding remained about the same"
So let's increase tuition and give them more government money....right?
Progressive Democratic Women's Caucus's and Hansen and Hughes?
The Coming, And Why The Left Doesn’t Understand Irane short film …
ROGER SIMON: The Coming, And Why The Left Doesn’t Understand Iran. “The message of the short film was clear: The current crisis in the Middle East (Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, now Syria… all of it) is a harbinger that the Mahdi (the hidden one, the Twelfth Imam) was coming soon and that, in the ensuing chaos and destruction, Khomeini’s version of Shia Islam would shortly rule over the entire globe.” I think they just can’t wrap their mind around religious apocalypticism that doesn’t come from that old bugbear, the Christians. (Bumped, because this is important).
Here’s a direct link to the Iranian movie in question, with subtitles. No subscription required.
Butler Bulldogs!
"Butler prefers old-school basketball and old-style celebrations to all the preseason nonsense.
That's why the Bulldogs wait until late March to hold Midnight Madness."
PETA Wants To Remove Animal Discrimination From The Bible
"Now PETA wants some revisions of their own, with “it” when used in reference to an animal also replaced with “he or she.”"
These same loonies want to rename fish as "sea kittens":
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/search?q=kittens
Arab newcomers help Dearborn buck trend of population loss in Metro Detroit
"The city of Dearborn is nationally known as the home of Ford Motor Co., the Henry Ford museum and one of the country's most concentrated Middle Eastern communities.
Now it can boast of bucking a trend that saw Detroit and most other surrounding communities lose population."
Visit Dearborn and make up your own mind if this is a good trend.
Unthinkable foursome heading to Houston
States' Buck-Passing, NASA Waste
"From the Orlando Sentinel: “Congress has again failed to rid a temporary spending bill of language forcing NASA to waste $1.4 million a day on its defunct Constellation moon program."
Written by a Delta pilot on approach to Tokyo during earthquake
"'I'm currently still in one piece, writing from my room in the Narita crew hotel.
It's 8am.
This is my inaugural trans-pacific trip as a brand new, recently checked out, international 767 Captain and it has been interesting, to say the least, so far.
I've crossed the Atlantic three times so far so the ocean crossing procedures were familiar."
Few employees denied step increases for poor performance
"Does job performance play a factor in employee raises and step increases?
Unions defending the General Schedule say yes. But the latest numbers say clearly no.
Only 737 out of more than 1.2 million GS employees — or one in every 1,698 — were denied a regularly scheduled step increase and accompanying raise in 2009 because of poor performance, according to data provided by the Office of Personnel Management at Federal Times' request."
Delhi to investigate 4500 pilot licences
"EVEN the most cavalier passengers knew something was amiss onboard IndiGo airlines' January 11 flight from Goa when it landed with a terrifying, lurching thud - nose wheel first - on the New Delhi tarmac.
The flight's captain, Parminder Kaur Gulati, may have been the only one that day to see nothing awry in the unconventional and perilous landing.
A subsequent investigation determined she had done it 15 times before. More distressing still was the discovery that Ms Gulati, 38, had failed one of her pilot exams and then forged her results to obtain her licence.
'Only a woman could do it,'' read an ensuing headline - one of several predictable joke lines that followed, besmirching women drivers."
Obama gas tax
"In addition to pushing up unemployment rates in the Gulf, these policies are keeping 97 percent of America’s offshore oil and gas off limits."
Egypt Air wipes Israel off the map – a sign of where Egypt could be headed
"Israel has quietly dropped off Egypt Air’s route map this week."
Still Rosy After All These Years
'Live in the past, borrow from the future' could be the motto for public retirement funds.
Their forecasts are tinted by '90s nostalgia, and they favor short-term politics over the advice of actuaries.
If only we all could make money the Calpers way.
The California Public Employees Retirement System, at $227 billion the nation's biggest public-worker pension fund, gave state and local governments a gift worth several hundred million dollars earlier this month. It did so without writing a check or otherwise spending a penny.
All it did was decide against changing a single, but crucial, number — its expected annual investment return.
By a 10-to-3 vote, the Calpers board on March 16 voted to stick with a forecast of 7.75%. Its chief actuary had recommended taking the number down a notch to 7.5%."
Rochester Schools Raise Pay, Report Cuts, and Blame Governor
"The Oakland Press reported last week that Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposals regarding school funding would cut $11 million from Rochester Community Schools in 2011-12, citing district figures presented to the board of education.
However, the $11 million in “cuts” included – among other things – a loss of $4.6 million in federal dollars, the loss of $250,000 in rent from a church, and a reduction of $394,000 from a forecasted loss of 63 students.
None of these will be caused by the governor’s plan."
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Warbird carrying Texas First Lady experiences landing gear failure
"'[The aircraft] experienced a landing gear malfunction while taxiing for takeoff at the Jardin Ranch, north of Laredo,' the statement said.
'The aircraft reached the end of the runway where the front landing gear collapsed, causing the right engine to catch fire.'"
Thankfully, all were safe as was the B-25 Mitchell bomber.
Our "Yankee Warrior" has had no such events...lately!
Obama's NCAA picks falter during tourney's second weekend
Snyder's sagging agenda
High-Tech Flirting Turns Explicit, Altering Young Lives
Chinese students enrolling in U.S. colleges in record numbers
UAW protest in Detroit shuts down bank branch for 30 minutes
At the end of the UAW's three-day bargaining convention in Detroit, union President Bob King led more than 100 members into the Bank of America branch in downtown Detroit and shut down its operations for about 30 minutes.
That's gonna bring new businesses to Detroit...right....
It's like Detroit is a giant magnet attracting morons, crooks and communists to the once great city.
Air raids force Gadhafi retreat, rebels seize east
"'We're succeeding in our mission,' Obama said in a radio and Internet address.
'So make no mistake, because we acted quickly, a humanitarian catastrophe has been avoided and the lives of countless civilians - innocent men, women and children - have been saved.'"
Is our incursion simply extending the horror of war in Libya?
Hughes invites local residents to office hours
"State Rep. Holly Hughes (R-Montague) is hosting 91st District office hours in April at locations in Whitehall and Muskegon to give constituents convenient opportunities to meet with her locally.
Hughes is available to meet with residents on Monday, April 18, in Whitehall and Friday, April 22, in Muskegon at the following times and locations:
• April 18- 10-11 a.m.- Gary’s Restaurant- 906 E. Colby Street, Whitehall.
• April 18- 1:30- 2:30 p.m. - Pekadill’s Lunch- 503 S. Mears Street, Whitehall.
• April 22- 8-9:00 a.m. - Toast n Jam - 3462 Henry Street, Muskegon.
• April 22- 1-2 p.m.- Russ’ Restaurant- 3225 Henry Street, Muskegon"
Better late than never.......
There May Not Always Be An England
"Their rationale was as dumb as you would expect:
Sally Mason, one of the protesters who occupied the store, said: 'Fortnum & Mason is a symbol of wealth and greed.
It is where the Royal Family and the super-rich do their weekly shop and a picnic hamper costs £25,000.
'This sits in stark contrast to everyone else who is struggling to make ends meet, fill in their tax returns and benefit forms and facing huge student debts, unemployment and the closure or dismantling of local services such as the NHS, libraries and leisure centres.'"
Oddly, It’s the Bricks That Make Butler Basketball Special
"Down the concourse, Coach Brad Stevens sat inside a windowless office, about the size of a bedroom.
He played basketball at DePauw and slid immediately into a marketing job with Eli Lilly and Company.
About a year into a promising career, Stevens decided to follow his heart toward coaching.
He started as a volunteer in Butler’s basketball offices and was the coordinator of basketball operations under Thad Matta, now the Ohio State coach.
In 2001, he became an assistant the next season under Todd Lickliter, who left in 2007 to take the coaching job at Iowa. (He was fired Monday.)"
The Real Shirley Sherrod Scandal
"Want to get a check from the government for $50,000?
If you’re black and willing to say you once “attempted to farm,” the money could be yours."
Earth Hour in London
If Earth Hour is indeed a celebration of “ignorance, poverty and backwardness“, then all three made great strides in London today.
The collapse of the Entitlement State is not going to be pretty.
GE’s Scandalous Tax Breaks Are Rooted in Politics
"It’s tax bill for the year? $0.00.
Over the last three years, GE’s effective tax rate — how much it actually pays the feds — is a minuscule 3.6 percent.
By the way, since 2002 the “imagination at work” company has put its thinking cap on and cut 20 percent of its domestic work force, while shipping thousands of jobs overseas"
Media Matters plots “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” against Fox?
"The liberal group Media Matters has quietly transformed itself in preparation for what its founder, David Brock, described in an interview as an all-out campaign of “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” aimed at the Fox News Channel."
Pic of the day: Detroit's Population 1910 To Present Day
"So what happened?
Right after that peak in the 1950s liberalism took hold of the city and like a cancer has been metastasizing ever since.
Will the ruling class in Detroit notice?
In short, no.
They are, after all, part of the problem.
Case in point: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: I'm going to confront reality, and start by challenging census numbers and then counting criminals in jail outside Detroit as Detroit residents to artificially inflate population numbers so we can keep taxes high"
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Muskegon Heights past Dowagiac-very strange
MLive has disabled the "comments" button for this story.
Hmmmmm
Butler mascot remains banned from NCAA tournament but could appear at Final Four
"Butler's bulldog will be impounded again next weekend.
School officials say Blue II will not travel to New Orleans, where the men's basketball team faces fourth-seeded Wisconsin in Thursday's regional semifinals.
NCAA officials banned live mascots from this weekend's games, saying there was not enough space and because of the quick turnarounds for other events in those arenas.
The NCAA says it may give Blue II an exemption if Butler makes it back to the Final Four in Houston."
The Next Jackie O- GAH
"Welcome to Wal Mart Moment at the White House, where each picture is worth a thousand words, all with a little bit of catty in them..."
Click and browse at the "class" that inhabits the people's house of the greatest nation on earth.
"Let's win this game for all the small schools that never had a chance to get here."
Gov. Walker's Legislation Has Unions Caving Already
"Apparently Gov. Scott Walker knew exactly what he was doing."
Great article from Muskegon's own Kyle Olson!
This governor's courageous bill will save taxpayer's money, teacher's jobs and keep the same teacher/student ratio.
Why are the big teacher unions fighting it?
#1 The School Foundation Allowance Myth
"As mentioned, total per-pupil revenue in 2009 was $13,074, well above those “basic” and “maximum” foundation allowances."
CARPE DIEM: The Price of Taxing the Rich
Sorta "cause and effect"?
Who'd of guessed?
"If we tax them, they will come.....to someplace else....."
Haley Barbour On Global Warming: ‘We Should Proceed’ As If It ‘Is Actually Happening’
"Potential presidential candidate Haley Barbour appears to be staking out a moderate position on global warming
than some of his possible rivals, saying at an event in eastern Iowa on Friday that the country should
“proceed in national policy as if global warming is actually happening.”"
OK, it's over for Haley.
RINO alert!
Florida House passes bill that bans automatic union dues deduction
"Rep. Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary, the House sponsor of the legislation, said this was simply the state's movement to get out of the dues deduction business and let the unions take care of it."
Why the heck is state taxpayer's money used to collect union dues?
Why not have the state collect republican party dues...or even BETTER, Michigan Tea Party dues!
It's still going on in Michigan.
Let's fix this rip off soon!
What’s 15% of $0?
"There are a lot of people, mostly representing governments, who want you to think that there is no crisis in public pensions and there are a lot of people, mostly government workers, who want to believe them."
Michigan House Fiscal Agency director to explain budget issues in Muskegon
"Michigan House Fiscal Agency Director Mitch Bean will present Gov. Rick Snyder's 2012 budget at a town hall meeting 7 p.m. Monday at Muskegon Community College."
Stun guns for citizens a charged issue with law enforcement, legislators
"Hansen said he introduced the bill on Jan. 19, hoping to revise various provisions of the state concealed pistol permit law to also allow permit holders to keep and bear the stun guns “subject to the same regulations and restrictions as concealed pistols,” according to the bill.
“You would have the same rules in place,” Hansen said."
Good one Goeff!
Keep it up!
Ex-Oakland County Democratic Party officials charged
"Of the eight tea party candidates to file for office in Oakland County for last November’s election, Bouchard said four of them were faked.
None of the eight ended up on the ballot."
Human Achievement Hour-coming soon!
Let's celebrate US producers for a change!
Lights on Saturday for progress!
Biofuel policy is causing starvation, says Nestlé boss
"Soaring food inflation is the result of 'immoral' policies in the US which divert crops for use in the production of biofuels instead of food, according to the chairman of one of the world's largest food companies.
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the chairman of Nestlé, lashed out at the Obama administration for promoting the use of ethanol made from corn, at the expense of hundreds of millions of people struggling to afford everyday basics made from the crop."
It's time to curb welfare growth
"According to the Office of Management and Budget, 'human services' — Social Security; Medicare; health-expenditures; education, training, employment, and social services; veterans benefits; and the euphemistically-named 'income security' (i.e., unemployment benefits) — were consuming 4 percent of America's GDP in 1949.
By 1976, this figure had increased to 11.7 percent.
In 2009, it was consuming 15.3 percent of GDP.
Currently, 75 percent of human services spending was on Social Security, Medicare and 'income security' — in short, the core welfare state."
We're gonna run out of other people's money, folks...and soon...then what are we gonna do?
Caught Red-Handed
"Even the so-loathed Sen. Joseph McCarthy has been rehabilitated, by M. Stanton Evans in 'Blacklisted by History.'
Evans illustrates, for example, that U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch's famed 'Have you no decency?' line during McCarthy's televised hearings was actually a melodramatic deceit;
Welch himself had weeks earlier fired the 'young lad' he accused McCarthy of slandering, admitting that he was indeed a member of the National Lawyers Guild Communist front group.
The evidence just keeps coming that most of what those irresponsible 'Red baiters' were saying in the 1950s was right."
Are We Broke?
"With the United States running a $1.65 trillion budget deficit and getting ready to hit the $14.3 trillion national-debt limit, a strange new mantra has surfaced among advocates of big government:
We're not really facing a budget crisis.
'We're not broke,' writes E. J. Dionne in the Washington Post.
'We're not broke, and Boehner shouldn't say that we are,' echoes the Washington Monthly.
'The nation is not, in fact, broke,' agrees Paul Krugman, obviously having gotten the memo.
Oh, really?"
Muskegon County officials weigh jail options, including using state prison
"Building a new facility or converting a soon-to-be-vacant state prison are being considered as potential solutions to Muskegon County's concerns about its outdated and overcrowded jail."
Note that privatizing the jail isn't even a discussion point.
These dudes want a new jail building, big time!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Michigan motorists to pay most ever to cover costs of accident injuries
"Michigan is the only state that requires all drivers to have unlimited medical coverage for injuries suffered in auto accidents."
Wonder why employers who have drivers won't domicile in Michigan?
MSU cuts ties with football booster club -more....
"justjabbering
Here is some more information on what they are investigating:
The letter from the lottery shows five checks made out to board members for expenses like $1,140 for a holiday party; another $1,781.32 for a trip to a bowl game; and another, worth about $1,200, for the Alamo Bowl.
Perhaps the worst -- a credit card receipt for almost $20,000 in season tickets to MSU athletic events, most of which went to board members.
Another credit card receipt shows more than $3,000 spent on season tickets to the Lansing Lugnuts."
This looks alot like a bunch of crooks stealing money cuz they can.........dang!
Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls
"Empowered by last year's elections, Republican leaders in about half the states are pushing to require voters to show photo ID at the polls despite little evidence of fraud and already-substantial punishments for those who vote illegally."
This is a huge difference between the two political parties.
If you want voter fraud, vote democrat.
MSU football booster club investigated
"Michigan State University has suspended all activities with a football booster club after learning the Michigan Lottery Commission is investigating the organization.
The Downtown Coaches Club is a nonprofit organization that runs raffles at the university's football games, among other activities.
It's independent of the Michigan State Athletics Office."
Doh!
They'll never take me alive!!!!!!
Three states considering taxing electric cars to compensate for lost gas taxes
"Opting to buy a battery-powered, all-electric vehicle not only frees your vehicle of tailpipe emissions.
It also means owners of plug-ins don't have to pay gas taxes, right?
Well, for residents of the states of Washington, Oregon and Texas, that sort of depends on whether or not soon-to-be introduced legislation to establish Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) taxes for electric vehicles gets passed into law."
You don't think this is coming to Michigan too?
And all to pacify the enviro-loonies and their rich green-car owners.
Tax the poor to subsidize the rich....great!
MySpace loses 10 million users in a month
"MySpace lost 10 million unique users between January and February of this year, going form 73 million to 63 million in a matter of four weeks"
Could anti-obesity campaigns eventually be as successful as anti-smoking efforts?
"“This is a public health issue. It’s not something we can cure in hospitals or doctor offices or research centers; we don’t have a pill for it.
It’s a behavior thing, and that’s why it’s so hard,” he said."
Wow, this is gonna be great!
I sorta remember that cigarette prices went from 15 cents a pack to today's $4-$10.00/pack price.
So if we simply do the same for food we'll have a bunch of thin, fit Americans?
Only if we really, really spend a lot of money on the government program....right?
Lake Michigan wind-assessment buoy gets final approval from feds
"The U.S. Department of Energy, the Michigan Public Service Commission, We Energies of Wisconsin and the Sierra Club provided funding for the project.
In June, the project secured $3.1 million in grants and research funds."
$3.1 MILLION?
Michigan political party disclosure change proposed
"Johnson's proposal would require disclosure of petition circulation activities as part of the campaign finance process for qualifying a newly created political party."
This is an issue GOPers and democrats ought to embrace.......but why is the left silent?
Muskegon County Jail's new policy leads to community meeting hosted by opposition
"Wendy Sampson, spokeswoman for the group, said the ultimate goal is to return letter correspondence to the jail, and the meeting is being held to help determine ideas to make that happen."
This little group sure has tenacity!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
CBO: Taxing mileage a 'practical option' for revenue enhancement
"The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues"
Anyone notice that NO ONE in government even considers reducing spending as an option?
If we let them, they will take all of our hard earned income...and our kid's income...and our grandkid's income...you gettin' the drift here?
San Diego State’s Steve Fisher happy to be back in the NCAA tournament spotlight
"As San Diego State prepared for its first Sweet 16 appearance, Aztecs Coach Steve Fisher walked across a basketball court Wednesday with a familiar, deliberate gait. He shook hands with Bill Frieder."
Kind of amazing the ex-coach of UM is back......he must be doing something right....
Video shows bikini brawl in PCB Burger King
Should bikinis be banned at Burger King?
Is this the fault of an uncaring corporate management?
A RETIREMENT TALE
Take a look at what teachers really get paid for their less than 180 days/year employment.
Right to Work on TV: Why did Mitch Daniels Give Up on the Indiana Right ...
If Daniels has any hope of getting the GOP nomination for Prez, he may have lost it on this issue.
Going "wobbly" is hardly a resume enhancement.
Illinois teacher pension system nearly $40 billion in the hole, state data show
"The Teachers' Retirement System, the largest and costliest of Illinois' pension programs, is now almost $40 billion short of what's needed to cover future benefits — the deepest financial hole in 20 years of state records"