One day subbing, $1mil in teacher retirement pensions: How lobbyists advance

Remember the two Illinois union lobbyists that substitute taught for
one day and stood in line to receive $1 million
in teacher retirement pensions?

One Day Sub, $1 Million in Teacher Pension

Those union lobbyists got their pensions

today at Forbes- read my editorial | October 14, 2014

Read investigation here | October 9, 2014

How a pair of union lobbyists retired on nearly $1 million teacher pensions after they substitute taught for one day…

In 2011, the Chicago Tribune exposed a pair of Illinois teacher union lobbyists, Stephen Preckwinkle and David Piccioli, who substitute taught for one day and stood to collect nearly $1 million in state teacher pensions.

Newspaper editorials, elected officials, the governor and citizens cried foul. Legislation was quickly passed to stop the abuse.

When Gov. Pat Quinn signed the pension “reform” legislation into law in January 2012, he said. “The pension abuses unearthed were flagrant. They needed to be stopped immediately and prevented from ever happening in the future.”

Mission accomplished, or so it seemed…

READ TODAYS FORBES EDITORIAL:

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