Who Killed The Cps Pension Extension Bill

• Sun-Times Media
• Rauner, Rahm, or Madigan—who’s lyin’ when he oughta be truthin’?

If we ever get around to having mandatory civics classes in public schools—and there’s a bill to that effect in the statehouse—I feel for any teacher who has to give a lesson on the recent CPS pension extension bill.

With extra time, the mayor said, he’d have enough property taxes on hand to pay the pension bill and still have money for basics, like regular janitorial service.

So question one in our civics class is: How can a bill fail if the state’s three most powerful politicians support it?

Lord, I hope these civics teachers have tenure.

That brings us to Governor Rauner, the top Republican in the state.

If I were teaching the class, I’d say it sure looks as though Rauner doesn’t give a hoot if the bill passes, and would be just as happy if the Chicago Public Schools went belly-up.