Letters: Tribune Editorial Board and Paul Vallas ignore Chicagoans' needs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : No one is addressing all together the Chicago Police Department's shorthandedness, the large-scale absence of 311 and traffic enforcement, the plight of the public schools, and the broken condition of streets and sidewalks.
55% : The public may be left with the perception that public employees will earn Social Security on top of pensions for the same work.
54% : Regarding the editorial "How property tax increases became a new third rail in US politics" (Jan. 6) and Paul Vallas' op-ed "Council can address the financial crisis to come if it begins now" (Jan. 3): The Tribune Editorial Board joins failed mayoral candidate Vallas in railing against taxes and imagining major city budgeting with absolutely no attention to the needs of Chicagoans and the broken physical state of the city.
54% : For example, if someone worked in a corporate job for 20 years and then became a public school teacher, they would now be able to collect the full amount of what they earned paying into Social Security for 20 years, which would be completely separate from whatever they earn toward a public pension.
39% : Actually, the bill rectifies the unfair practice of cutting Social Security for the private sector work these employees have done.

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