DuPage mayors step up push for pension reform

DuPage County mayors say they’ve already waited years for Illinois to address a growing crisis by reforming municipal police and fire pension systems so cities and villages can rein in costs.

Now they want to see progress, especially since state lawmakers have approved a pension overhaul for some Chicago city workers.

“Personally, I was patient until Mayor Rahm Emanuel went to Springfield and showed the rest of the mayors of the state how to get it done,” Hanover Park Village President Rodney Craig said. “Then my patience kind of runs out…” Please click here to read Robert Sanchez’s story in the Daily Herald, or here for a related story in the Sun-Times.