2 teachers union lobbyists teach for a day to qualify for hefty pensions

Ray Long and Jason Grotto:

SPRINGFIELD ---- Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as union employees toward a state teacher pension once they served a single day of subbing in 2007, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation has found.

Steven Preckwinkle, the political director for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, and fellow union lobbyist David Piccioli were the only people who took advantage of a small window opened by lawmakers a few months earlier.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 25, 2011 2:05 AM
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