Only the suburban papers are writing anything about this Constitutional Amendment:
- There’s nothing I enjoy more than seeing elected officials admit they can’t be trusted.And that’s pretty much what Illinois legislators have done by placing a constitutional amendment on the November election ballot.The amendment, if passed, would require a three-fifths vote of each chamber of the Legislature (House and Senate) to pass an increase in pension benefits for public employees.The measure not only would effect the Legislature but all other government bodies in Illinois (counties, townships, municipalities, school districts, etc.).If a municipality wants to increase employee pension benefits as part of a labor agreement, 60 percent of its city council or village board would have to agree.
So this is pretty much an act of cowardice on the part of the legislature to further insulate them from having to make any sort of difficult decisions. They can always claim "we needed 60% of the chamber to pass anything," and then hide behind everyone else's inaction. What a group of assholes.