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top of the broadcast. top story chicago aldermen and dear rock stars of city hall in chicago we have discovered what they are paid in retirement like them. top story beginning with a question part-time employee working for the city better pension deal than full-time police officer firefighter or other city workers? pension perks. tonight investigation reveals a sweet pension deal for famous a part-time workers at the aldermen. we went to the biggest name ed burke longest serving alderman in the city council there when sweetheart pension deal was hatched. he invited us to come talk after council meeting look what abruptly happened when we did. he zipped past the camera. >> why so touchy? he remembered

he gave stamp of approval to advance this sweetheart deal more than 20 years ago >> they told me first to tell you >> back when this started tragedy struck a city council three alderman died of heart attacks the last two happened three weeks apart. in those days salaries were lower and pensions less they even said nothing before the window the alderman used heartfelt moment to sign a resolution pushing for better pension deal for themselves. young mayor daley just starting a dynasty his allies now in springfield powered through the pension for the aldermen perfect timing for a mayor who needed to city council support >> the daily administration

purposefully got alderman pensions so you would fall in line? >> that was before my time it is interesting you can look at that and a couple of ways. >>you can say they sweeten the pot to bring new people and our people to be ok >> what a deal that was simply put alderman can contribute more and get retirement money faster than your typical city worker. for example firefighters it takes 29 years of service to qualify 75 percent of what he made on average in the last four years of a career. now look at the aldermen in just 20 years pension worth 80 percent of their highest salary. >> i believe is too generous. >> former firefighter and the 36th ward alderman says something needs to change. nick

sposato >> that is not fair especially with the tough economic times for the city and state federal government >> 20 years after the alderman got a sweeter retirement deal the city worker pension plans going broke and taxpayers and the rank-and-file left to bail it out investigation went through more than 4000 documents detailing aldermanic pay retirement plans payouts when we added up the numbers 21 retired aldermen received $58 million over expected lifetime but the pension fund will lose about $39 million after the payout. just a small example of fundamental problem of the pension system >> a lot of things that happened in the past >> costing us big time in 20 years since the alderman got this sweet pension deal salaries have tripled to 40,000 up to

$115,000 a year. by law the job is only part-time they are allowed another job at the same time >some like former alderman helen shiller publicly refused a pay rate years later behind-the- scenes she and others went along with deal to base pensions on the highest salary. then the retired alderman tom allen his job after appointed cook county judge couple of years ago. something he thought about for a long time even seeking advice from the pension board how it might benefit him judges getting sweeter deal 85 percent of salary. unlike most of us in the private sector start in scratch government workers get to take their years with them by

combining years stan tom allen said to make a $4.2 million over expected lifetime from aldermanic pension and if he works 12 more years as a judge he will earn another pension based on $178,000 salary once he retires. >> that happened way before i was here not going to wear the hat for something i did not have a handle in making >> takes powerful alderman to change things about the aldermanic process. ed burke and i along with others are looking into this but again we have to do that at a state level >> regardless of what happens to be generous pension on six- figure salary was necessary because they've risked losing their jobs every four years >> almost have to commit murder to lose your job aldermanic tossed out the next election as we have seen. isn't a police

officer at risk everyday? police officer takes 29 years on the streets 75% >> if you cannot pay the fine it did not do the crime. >> 20 years of arguing gets the alderman 80 percent. priceless. >> to be fair, most alderman consider this their only job also backing the question whether the law should be changed allowing them to have outside job at the same time to responses to judge tom allen would not go on camera but may increase of what the pension things would have about leaving the council asking about better pensions he said cannot pretend to be expert whatever flows i have no control alderman helen shiller former alderman says the decline to higher salary did make the higher pension

contributions required for the hell higher salary retirement tried repeatedly to talk to alderman ed burke who said it was not him. mayor daley's people respond about his pension tomorrow night when we tackle his sweetheart deal. looking for tomorrow's version of investigation tonight by our colleagues jason grotto and hal dardick >> contracts expiring at midnight talks breaking down earlier today joliet's with the latest. >> if you can see this bonfire and crew behind me getting ready pour the midnight strike deadline withdrawplanning to strike six year contract has not been

hammered out leaders of international association of machinists say the company wants to double health care premiums without increase in pay other issues. that is the main issue. both sides' negotiating >> 1 proposal the company has on the taylor union rights as far as seniority and the company's position they have to go over to work anybody however long they want. obviously that is a major problem we have families as well as >> a round of 43 years with contract at least four years >> you heard from union members there you can hear now from caterpillar their side calling the proposal competitive

contract offer a statement. caterpillar has work plants process policies and people ready to be deployed any business interruption whether tornado fighter or a labor strike both sides did have in meeting this morning got no where no other plans for any other meetings in the coming hours or days. 780 employees at the caterpillar plant will be going on strike. latest live tonight >> coming up shelling tapes released. for the first time in 911 calls released from the family jennifer hudson murders and supreme court ruling united states supreme court gives gov. george ryan glimmer of hope and the appeal process. tom skilling

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rahm emmanuel activists continuing to challenge his plan to close and consolidate the city mental health clinics. >> we all fall someone is supposed to be there to help us >> the city response these are relocation of resources will ultimately provide exactly what the demonstrators are fighting for. more mental health services for more people the activists having none of it. >> rahm emmanuel we elected you to be responsible. >> it was entire day targeting all three levels of government starting with the executive branch a rally outside the president's 2012 campaign headquarters and then outside the offices of governor pat quinn who had said he supports what he has called the mayor's tough calls on mental health care. >> begging you please keep all

of these clinics open we need them. >> protesters have said there was occupy city hall every day if that what needs to be done to make their point police on likely to let that happen quite the opposite demonstrated these are not cuts to mental health care system. >> cook county judge granted a media request releasing 911 call made by julia hudson she begged for help after finding her mother shot dead. still julia hudson had not discovered her brother was also dead inside the

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month of april closed with half of the normal amount of rainfall. bottom line we need more rainfall going to get that. storms and exploding a severe storm with hail and final reports down to the south. thunderstorm marchewatches and the southwest. big rain fall in misery this warp will come in with clusters of storms from time to time when not rain continuously tomorrow seven days away from the lake these come wednesday-friday. this is a summer jet stream pattern setting up later in the week cool air and warm air north of us means cold air is north also. with humidity in the air along the southern edge of the jet

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temperatures i suspect it will bounce around thunderstorms passing by warming up quickly again. that is tomorrow here is during the day on wednesday. advancing to thursday look at the extent of the warm weather right back to kansas. pretty good chunk of real-estate warming up. process under way tonight northeast wind 8 mi. per hour. more rainfall coming later on on the update and a few minutes. could be interesting some of the numbers we are looking at. clouds break tonight area of fog will form process started parts of the area of low temperature of 50 degrees and wind variable under 7 mi. per hour tomorrow the fog lifts. atmosphere away from the lake. scattered 20-30% coverage thunderstorms in the afternoon.

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wgn news @ 9 gov. george ryan wants out. he and his lawyers have disputed chargers for years now not due to be released until july 2013, everything goes his way might get out sometime in 2012. >> this is the first time gov. george ryan has 1 >> former gov. jim thompson friend and lawyer claims things are looking good for 76 year-old convicted felons awaiting release july 2013 hoping could be held as soon as 2012 if the seventh circuit sees things gov. george ryan is way. >> the counts against honest services mail fraud will be

dropped from the case. and he will be breese sentenced on the two counts that we have not contested. >> tax fraud and lying to the fbi's jim thompson says the sentence likely time served only he could walk out a free man george ryan has already spent four and half years of his six year sentence. his age could be a major factor criminal case lasted 7 grueling months back in 2005. >> cannot see achieved substantial sentence first-time which he has mostly served >> mixed reviews about leasing before his sentence police served it >> he has been to a lot already

in and out of present all ready with his wife being sick a lot of time in there. what did they want to do leave them in there just to die? >> older lost his wife. if you do the crime you have to do the time not early enough to spend time died last summer allowed to be by her bedside but quickly back to indiana federal private penitentiary these days >> it sounds good. you all know george ryan is a tough guy >> still restlessness of knowing he could be outside cases former governor wants out. a legal analyst terry sullivan >> luck probably have to

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prove has to cruise to the championship >> we have more than enough to win. our guys understand we know our team better than anybody else. watch respond to every challenge all year long this is next we have to be ready tomorrow night. 76ers had practice and the big house lost by a dozen points in game 11 not be dropping 23 points big elton brand game saturday chicago bulls watching and everybody will be watching cj watson who will run the show for the home team leading them past philadelphia st. patrick's day big effort tomorrow. >> not going to be an emotional game going to try to hit us hard early first five minutes will be emotional and next will be execution >> not going to be easy to when

going to be a tough battle that tonight playing dwyane wade flip it over to the bench carmelo anthony especially in the first quarter but up 15 points on miami tried to grab 2-0 lead and the series and they did dwyane wade to lebron james, lebron james 19 points and dwyane wade 25 points after the game stottlemyre cut his hand punching a fire extinguisher also defeating the orlando magic the indiana pacers at the game 2 for boston celtics will not have rajon rondo bumping the official and the final moments lost to the atlanta hawks suspended today for game to try to get even on the road. white sox have

the night off but paul konerko busy collecting awards american league player of the week. philadelphia tonight doing work give up for more in the first inning. in the eighth inning hitting . 390 with five home runs. lasted about 10 minutes. throwing gas on the fire in the bottom of the eighth inning. doubled off of the left-field wall. winning 6-for splitting the four games. fireworks rangers in game 2 1/3. holding penalty led to a power play and four seconds later as hard as you can shoot that. former blackhawks screening in front

evening the series at a game apiece and in the premiere leak manchester derby 131 years of bitter rivalry extra time in the first half. the only goal of the match 1-0 the lead and the premier league is there millions of people all around the world watched that game today. >> that is the news for this monday night happy you shared time with us. updates wgntv.com have a good night.

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