Fugitive ex-cop's wife takes the Fifth at pension hearing

Quite a headline. But then this is Chicago, IL.

Another one: Pension abuse crackdown heads to Quinn State lawmakers target union leaders but fail to address system's huge debt

Dem union bosses and their PR hacks hide behind the Illinois Constitution--as if it's worth the paper it's written on.  

The state is bankrupt--there's no more other people's money. 

I've said it before--the entire Dem state is run as one big patronage system, and there's so much looting going on the state is stiffing basic safety net service providers to prop up public union salaries and benefits. This can't go on.