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John Ruberry at Da Tech Guy Blog writes on Illinois topics often, and this anecdote from a recent post shines a bit of light on Toni Preckwinkle:
Leftist? Who is a leftist?
Cook County Board President Toni “Taxwinkle” Preckwinkle, a Chicago Democrat, that’s who.
Proof? Do you want proof?
On my way to...
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I got several emails over my recent post on the never-fully-funders advocates with respect to public pensions.
I am going to address a few below.
WHAT IS FULL FUNDING?
I got the following question via email:
What exactly IS “100% funding”? Does it mean that the funding is...
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Cook County has its soda tax
tell you why
cuz they need money or they’re gonna die
and when revenue doesn’t add up
Bloomberg’s left with a Big Gulp cup
I love it…
By the way, I was in Chicago last week for the Society of Actuaries Predictive Analytics Symposium. ...
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The soda tax goes ever ever on….
…. but politicians may see their end in it.
I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT
County beverage tax may make pols’ re-election bids go pop, poll finds
Voters could cap the re-election bids of four Cook County commissioners over their support for the...
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A not-quite-modest proposal for Amazon to locate its HQ in Hartford, CT.by meep
I was thinking of writing about Kentucky, the Illinois school funding bill, 80% funding hall of shame, or even flood insurance.
But the serious stuff can wait til later. Other serious stuff I’m dealing with.
Going to that sweet, sweet blogging candy: the Cook County Soda Tax. It hits...
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Okay, for review, here are my previous soda tax posts:
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I think I need to sue Cook County politicians for getting me hooked on this junk.
Chicago-area soda tax may carry political price for backers
When a local government leader passed the deciding vote on a penny-per-ounce soda tax, she said it would generate enough money to balance the county budget...
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Jack Dean pointed me to this piece at ftalphaville, and I think there are good and bad things both in here.
Let me start with the part I totally agree with (and the part they end the piece with): pension liabilities are undervalued for public plans.
Bad accounting rules also hamper...
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Before I begin, I know many of you may have seen this via twitter or facebook, but Stu (my husband & the begin of STUmp…he’s the one who came up with the name) has cancer. My blogging, such as it is, may be more erratic than in the past,...
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