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Walter’s Perspective: Let’s Step Up For Cops – CBS Chicago

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 26, 2012

Walter’s Perspective: Let’s Step Up For Cops – CBS Chicago chicago.cbslocal.com CBS 2′s Walter Jacobson says if NATO really did bring millions of dollars to Chicago, the police pension fund should benefit.

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Unions Leak Pension Info

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 26, 2012

This was sent to us from an un-Named source out of Capital Fax: UNIONS LEAK PENSION INFO Two public employee unions have warned their members about a couple of provisions of the upcoming pension reform bill. And House Speaker Michael Madigan confirmed yesterday that the retirement age will not be raised to 67. The Illinois [...]

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When It Came to Pensions, State Officials Looked Out for No. 1

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 25, 2012

When it came to pensions, state officials looked out for No. 1 www.chicagotribune.com A year after Emil Jones Jr. retired from the Illinois Senate in 2008, his annual pension jumped by more than 50 percent to $122,334 — far more than he ever earned as Senate president.

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Pension Update

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 25, 2012

Please call your state legislator now. Let them know you appose any legislation that will diminish your pension benefits. **** Pension update May 24 **** Call now to protect your pension! We believe that we could see a pension-cutting bill introduced in the General Assembly and voted on at any moment before the scheduled adjournment [...]

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Thank You from the Mayor

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 24, 2012

The Mayor sent a thank you to every CPD officer today. He praised them for the work during the NATO conference. We hope he remembers that if it were not for the first responders in Chicago he would not be bragging about his World Class City. Lets see what kind of man he is in [...]

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Public Pension Systems Struggle to Stabilize Their Finances

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 21, 2012

Stateline – Public Pension Systems Struggle to Stabilize Their Finances www.pewstates.org After more than two decades heading public employee pension systems in Colorado and Kansas, Meredith Williams says Americans are woefully underprepared for retirement

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World Class City

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 21, 2012

Now that Chicago is a “World Class city” perhaps it can pay its pension debt and honor the pension fund promise they made with us when we were hired. World Class means you take responsibility for your actions and honor your debts.

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‎* ACTION ALERT *

By First Responder Pension Facts on May 21, 2012

THERE IS A PENSION COMMITTEE HEARING SCHEDULED IN THE HOUSE TOMORROW AFTERNOON!!! CALL AND EMAIL YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW!! 888-412-6570 Links to call & email at – www.weareoneillinois.org The General Assembly is scheduled to resume tomorrow – Tuesday May 22nd in the afternoon. The House of Representatives has scheduled a Pension Committee hearing but has not [...]

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