In the name of reform, of course.
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Governor Walker wrote that Mayor Emanuel has no choice to impose cuts because the mayor has tried “to reach agreements on benefits cuts with individual unions, though such efforts so far have fallen flat.”
But instead he’s getting ready to cut pensions only because he wants to save Chicago from falling off the “fiscal cliff” and becoming another Detroit.
In any event, I will make a huge concession and freely admit that, yes, we have a problem of underfunded pensions. And what we need is some serious negotiations in which the mayor does what he hates to do—and that is sit down and negotiate with the unions.
I called Mike Shields, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, to get his side of the story.
Ask for Karen—as in Karen Lewis. I’m sure you remember her. Just don’t drop the F-bomb like you did the last time.
