President of the Lake County Federation of Teachers Mike McGue of Lake Villa. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Rep. Daniel Biss, D-Skokie, testifies during a House Personnel and Pensions Committee hearing at the state Capitol on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Springfield, Ill. Lawmakers began acting on legislation to cut pensions for hundreds of thousands of public employees and make school districts take over retirement costs for their employees. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Illinois’ $96 billion pension dilemma is bad enough in its own right, but it also hides a huge quandary: What to do about the pension obligations for suburban and Downstate teachers? For people outside Chicago it’s an issue that threatens to literally hit home when …
