WEBVTT 00:13.500 --> 00:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STILL TO COME TONIGHT, HOW TO 00:15.200 --> 00:21.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SAVE MONEY ON YOUR TAXES. 00:18.166 --> 00:24.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JAMES "BIGCAT" WILLIAMS ON THE 00:19.333 --> 00:26.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LATEST LOP-SIDED LOSS IN THE 00:21.400 --> 00:27.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GRIM SEASON FOR THE BEARS. 00:24.566 --> 00:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND MAKING GUITARS WITHOUT THE 00:26.266 --> 00:31.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HELP OF A COMPUTER, ONE CHICAGO 00:27.700 --> 00:33.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MAN SAYS IT IS A DYING ART. 00:29.766 --> 00:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BUT FIRST, COULD CITIES AND 00:31.500 --> 00:38.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TOWNS IN ILLINOIS GO BANKRUPT? 00:33.833 --> 00:41.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A NEW REPORT SAYS LOCAL LEADERS 00:36.233 --> 00:43.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ARE EYEING BANKRUPTCY AS A WAY 00:38.766 --> 00:45.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT AND PENSION 00:41.766 --> 00:48.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OBLIGATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS 00:43.566 --> 00:50.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL FOR 00:45.900 --> 00:51.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MUNICIPALITIES IN ILLINOIS TO 00:48.200 --> 00:54.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FILE SOME ARE PUSHING FOR IT AS 00:50.133 --> 00:55.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% AN OPTION. 00:51.200 --> 00:57.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS IS 00:54.233 --> 01:01.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ANDREW SCHROEDTER AND PATRICK 00:55.766 --> 01:02.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% REHKAMP OF BGA. 00:57.700 --> 01:04.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND THE CO-AUTHOR A REPORT ON 01:01.033 --> 01:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY THIS MONTH 01:02.133 --> 01:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT RAN IN THE "SUN-TIMES". 01:04.233 --> 01:11.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND LARRY MORSEY MAYOR OF 01:07.333 --> 01:13.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ROCKFORD, FIRST ELECTED IN 2005. 01:09.933 --> 01:13.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND JAMES MCNAMEE, PRESIDENT OF 01:11.233 --> 01:16.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC PENSION FUND 01:13.433 --> 01:19.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% ASSOCIATION. 01:13.833 --> 01:21.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT IS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION 01:16.033 --> 01:24.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% REPRESENTING POLICE AND FIRE, 01:19.166 --> 01:25.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND IN THE INTEREST OF FULL 01:21.000 --> 01:26.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DISCLOSURE I SHOULD NOTE I HAVE 01:24.100 --> 01:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MODERATED DEBATES ON PENSION 01:25.333 --> 01:28.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% REFORM FOR THE ASSOCIATION. 01:26.866 --> 01:30.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO 01:27.866 --> 01:32.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% TONIGHT." 01:28.600 --> 01:34.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% GLAD YOU ARE HERE. 01:30.066 --> 01:37.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PATRICK OR ANDREW, HOW DID YOU 01:32.433 --> 01:39.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COME TO FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE? 01:34.466 --> 01:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> A LOT OF REPORTING ON THE 01:37.900 --> 01:44.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, WE FOUND A 01:39.600 --> 01:46.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES STRUGGLE 01:42.066 --> 01:47.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO PAY THE BILLS AND STRUGGLING 01:44.266 --> 01:50.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WITH PENSION DEBT AND CUT JOB, 01:46.666 --> 01:52.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% ET CETERA. 01:47.866 --> 01:54.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND WE STARTED TO ASK OURSELVES 01:50.866 --> 01:56.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHAT CAN THEY DO TO GET OUT OF 01:52.900 --> 01:57.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE MESS AND A LOT SAID IF IT 01:54.866 --> 01:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WAS AVAILABLE THEY WOULD 01:56.333 --> 02:02.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CONSIDER FILING BANKRUPTCY. 01:57.500 --> 02:03.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> CURRENTLY AS WE MENTIONED, 01:59.300 --> 02:05.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE LEGAL STALL US OF MUNICIPAL 02:02.400 --> 02:08.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% BANKRUPTCIES IS... 02:03.400 --> 02:09.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THE WAY FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY 02:05.733 --> 02:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LAW WORKS MUNICIPALITIES NEED 02:08.000 --> 02:12.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% STATE APPROVAL BUT THERE IS NO 02:09.566 --> 02:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STATE LAW THAT SPECIFICALLY 02:11.333 --> 02:17.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OUTLINES HOW TO DO THIS. 02:12.866 --> 02:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I GUESS IF THEY WANTED TO DO THE 02:15.600 --> 02:22.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY WOULD NEED APPROVAL FROM 02:17.166 --> 02:23.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STATE IF THEY DID IT ONE BY ONE 02:19.333 --> 02:24.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BUT WE FOUND SOME TOWNS IN EAST 02:22.133 --> 02:27.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ST. LOUIS AREA THAT DID FILE FOR 02:23.900 --> 02:31.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BANKRUPTCY WASN'T THROUGH IT. 02:24.800 --> 02:34.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVE A GRAPHIC SHOWING THAT, 02:27.466 --> 02:37.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE FEW TOWNS, ONE IS BROOKLYN, 02:31.466 --> 02:40.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% 750 PEOPLE, AND IT FILE FORWARD 02:34.033 --> 02:43.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BANKRUPTCY IN 20 HAVE 3 AND 02:37.266 --> 02:46.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% FACED PAYOUTS FOR POLICE 02:40.233 --> 02:47.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MISCONDUCT ANDALLERTON, IT FILED 02:43.533 --> 02:49.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IN 2005, AND IT FACED A PAYOUT 02:46.100 --> 02:52.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TO A POLICE SHOOTING VICTIM. 02:47.833 --> 02:55.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% VERY SMALL COMMUNITIES, AND 02:49.800 --> 02:57.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THOSE TWO ISSUES THEY WERE 02:52.500 --> 02:59.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% FACING BANKRUPTED THEM. 02:55.800 --> 03:01.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IF IT IS NOT LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO 02:57.533 --> 03:03.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY IN ILLINOIS, 02:59.400 --> 03:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% HOW DID THEY DO IT? 03:01.533 --> 03:08.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THEY FLEW UNDER THE RADAR, 03:03.466 --> 03:10.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% VERY SMALL TOWNS, AND DID NOT 03:04.966 --> 03:12.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAVE A LOT OF DEBT, NOT A MAJOR 03:08.033 --> 03:13.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PRESTRUCTURES AND THEIR ATTORNEY 03:10.266 --> 03:14.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SAID, HE GOT AWAY WITH IT. 03:12.166 --> 03:15.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% NO ONE NOTICED, PROBABLY 03:13.800 --> 03:17.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WOULDN'T HAPPEN IN THE CHICAGO 03:14.966 --> 03:18.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% AREA. 03:15.866 --> 03:19.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT WITH MORE MEDIA AND PEOPLE 03:17.766 --> 03:20.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% WATCHING. 03:18.366 --> 03:22.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% BUT IT DID TAKE PLACE DOWN 03:19.833 --> 03:26.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% THERE. 03:20.700 --> 03:28.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MAYOR MORSEY WOULD YOU BE IN 03:22.933 --> 03:30.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FAIR OF BANKRUPTCY AS AN OPTION? 03:26.433 --> 03:33.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE CITY OF ROCKFORD HAS 03:28.600 --> 03:34.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABSOLUTELY NO PLANS TO FILING 03:30.700 --> 03:36.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FOR BANKRUPTCY EVEN IF WE HAD 03:33.866 --> 03:37.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% THE NORTH. 03:34.400 --> 03:40.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WHY DO I FAVOR IT AS A TOOL 03:36.466 --> 03:41.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SENATE LEGISLATURE FAILING TO 03:37.933 --> 03:44.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TAKE ACTION ON CRITICAL ISSUES 03:40.133 --> 03:45.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% LIKE PENSIONS AND ASH STRAIGHT 03:41.966 --> 03:47.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REFORM AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 03:44.200 --> 03:49.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REFORM MAY LEAVE THE COMMUNITIES 03:45.433 --> 03:51.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NO OPTIONS AND DO WE HAVE A 03:47.666 --> 03:52.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DISORGANIZED CHAOTIC QUESTION OF 03:49.066 --> 03:54.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HOW WE PAY OUR BILLS OR AN 03:51.066 --> 03:56.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ORGANIZED FORMAT THAT WORKED FOR 03:52.666 --> 03:58.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% GM AND CHRYSLER TO RESET AND 03:54.966 --> 04:00.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% REBUILD, FRANKLY I THINK CITIES 03:56.466 --> 04:02.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% NEED THE SAME TOOLS. 03:58.133 --> 04:05.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JAMES MCNAMEE, HOW ABOUT THAT, 04:00.200 --> 04:06.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% CHRYSLER CAN DO IT, IF 04:02.566 --> 04:08.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INDIVIDUALS CAN DO IT, WHY NOT 04:05.233 --> 04:12.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% MUNICIPAL PAYMENTS? 04:06.333 --> 04:16.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> MUNICIPALITYS ARE A 04:08.733 --> 04:17.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GOVERNMENT, AND IT IS MUCH 04:12.666 --> 04:18.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DIFFERENT THAN A CORPORATION. 04:16.133 --> 04:19.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOU ARE SHAKING THE INVESTOR 04:17.866 --> 04:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY 04:18.700 --> 04:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND THEIR LEADERSHIP. 04:19.800 --> 04:26.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW IN A 04:22.000 --> 04:28.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES IS A 04:24.700 --> 04:30.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MARSHAL PLAN, WHERE THEY PUT 04:26.666 --> 04:32.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% FORWARD A PLAN TO REBUILD 04:28.900 --> 04:33.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EUROPE, THERE NEEDS A MARSHAL 04:30.900 --> 04:36.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITIES. 04:32.166 --> 04:37.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE NEED LEADERSHIP THERE AND WE 04:33.933 --> 04:42.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NEED A PLAN THERE TO SELL THAT. 04:36.000 --> 04:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHEN YOU PUT THAT PLAN FORWARD, 04:37.533 --> 04:48.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AT THE END OF WORLD WAR 270% OF 04:42.400 --> 04:49.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE PUBLIC WAS AGAINST IT AND BY 04:44.833 --> 04:52.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE END YOUED WITH 8 HAVE% FOR 04:48.000 --> 04:53.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% IT. 04:49.600 --> 04:56.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >>> MAYOR, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF 04:52.033 --> 04:58.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ROCKFORD'S PENSION OBLIGATIONS? 04:53.966 --> 05:00.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A PENSION OBLIGATION FOR POLICE 04:56.366 --> 05:02.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND FIRE THAT ARE CREATING THIS 04:58.600 --> 05:03.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PRESSURE, THIS INTEREST IN 05:00.633 --> 05:06.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF 05:02.666 --> 05:08.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY? 05:03.766 --> 05:10.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> BASED ON THE LAST BIT OF 05:06.233 --> 05:14.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LEGISLATION CREATING A SECOND 05:08.000 --> 05:16.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TIER OF PENSIONERS, A BIG PART 05:10.933 --> 05:17.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% CREATES IN 2016 A DAY OF 05:14.700 --> 05:19.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% RECKONING, IF YOU ARE NOT 05:16.266 --> 05:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FUNDING, THE STATE WILL HAVE THE 05:17.433 --> 05:26.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% NORTH TO START REDIRECTING 05:19.600 --> 05:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FUNDINGS IN YOO PENSION SYSTEMS. 05:23.200 --> 05:30.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THAT IS NOT THE MARSHAL PLAN? 05:26.300 --> 05:32.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> I WASN'T ALIVE WHEN THAT 05:29.033 --> 05:34.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HAPPENED SO I DON'T KNOW. 05:30.500 --> 05:36.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE REALITY I LIVE IN IS THAT WE 05:32.700 --> 05:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ARE PAYING OUR BILLS IN ROCKFORD 05:34.466 --> 05:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND WE WON'T HAVE A BIG CRISIS 05:36.866 --> 05:42.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% LIKE SOME CAN. 05:37.766 --> 05:43.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUT FANGLY AT SOME POINT IN TIME 05:39.800 --> 05:45.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% IF WE DON'T REDIRECT OR 05:42.366 --> 05:47.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ATTENTION, WE DO HAVE A HAVE A 05:43.733 --> 05:48.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% PLAN THAT DEALS WITH THE 05:45.466 --> 05:50.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% UNDERLYING ISSUES, ORB STRAIGS 05:47.700 --> 05:52.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% REFORM IS ONE. 05:48.600 --> 05:54.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE 05:50.766 --> 05:55.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% STATE'S ATTENTION, THE 05:52.733 --> 05:57.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NONEPALITIES HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN 05:54.100 --> 06:00.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND WHEN CHICAGO MOVES BECAUSE 05:55.633 --> 06:08.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY HAVE TO MOVE, WE WANT TO BE 05:57.866 --> 06:10.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PREPARED IN THE SPRING TO MAKE 06:00.533 --> 06:13.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SURE DOWNSTATE HAS A GOOD PLAN. 06:08.000 --> 06:14.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ANDREW, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF 06:10.100 --> 06:17.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SUBURBAN DEBT AND POTENTIAL 06:13.400 --> 06:19.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% BANKRUPTCY? 06:14.333 --> 06:21.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> PATRICK AND I LOOKED AT EVERY 06:17.533 --> 06:25.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SINGLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN COOK 06:19.100 --> 06:26.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COUNTY, WE FOUND THAT THEY ARE 06:21.566 --> 06:30.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% UNFUNDED LIABILITIES, AND $23 06:25.133 --> 06:32.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BILLION IN UNFUNDED LIABILITIES 06:26.866 --> 06:38.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND MOST INTERESTINGLY, WE SAW 06:30.433 --> 06:40.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FOUNDS THAT WERE BORROWING TO 06:32.366 --> 06:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MAKES PAYMENTS AND THAT A FEW 06:38.800 --> 06:44.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% HUNDRED THOUSAND LEFT. 06:40.066 --> 06:47.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% REALLY IN DANGER OF GOING 06:43.233 --> 06:49.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% BANKRUPT. 06:44.800 --> 06:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> GIVE ME AN EBBS OF SOME OF 06:47.433 --> 06:54.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE MUNICIPALITIES IN BAD SHAPE? 06:49.633 --> 06:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> A LOT OF THE SOUTHLAND, 06:53.300 --> 07:00.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY AND NEAR 06:54.800 --> 07:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WESTERN SUBURBS, AND ST. CLAIRE 06:58.000 --> 07:08.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% COUNTY BY EAST ST. LOUIS. 07:00.333 --> 07:10.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OBVIOUSLY, WE FOCUSED ON ALERTON 07:04.766 --> 07:11.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND BROOKLYN, AND THEY ARE 07:08.066 --> 07:12.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BETTER, BUT STRUGGLE AT TIMES. 07:10.033 --> 07:14.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WASHINGTON PARK, ANOTHER TOWN 07:11.233 --> 07:15.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. 07:12.133 --> 07:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY WERE DENIED IT, BUT ONE OF 07:14.100 --> 07:19.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE VILLAGE 07:15.666 --> 07:21.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TOLD US THAT IN WASHINGTON PARK, 07:17.733 --> 07:22.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL HAVE 07:19.600 --> 07:23.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BANKRUPTCY WITHOUT HAVING IT. 07:21.066 --> 07:26.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE 07:22.466 --> 07:28.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% OF THAT? 07:23.400 --> 07:30.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EVEN IF THERE WEREN'T A FORMAL 07:26.833 --> 07:31.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, WHAT 07:28.800 --> 07:32.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAPPENS IF THEY JUST RUN OUT OF 07:30.766 --> 07:34.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% MONEY? 07:31.266 --> 07:36.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> MY ARGUMENT HAS BEEN SOME OF 07:32.900 --> 07:38.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE FINANCE FOLKS THAT WE ARE 07:34.266 --> 07:41.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MUCH BETTER OFF HAVING ORGANIZED 07:36.933 --> 07:43.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FORM OF RESOLVING ISSUES BECAUSE 07:38.666 --> 07:45.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE END OF THE DAY IF A COUNCIL 07:41.566 --> 07:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MEMBER HAS TO MAKE A CHOICE, TO 07:43.533 --> 07:48.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I KEEP COPS AND FIRE MACHINE ON 07:45.200 --> 07:50.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE STREETS OR PAY A BOND, I 07:47.533 --> 07:51.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% KNOW THE ANSWER. 07:48.833 --> 07:53.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SHOULDN'T WE ADDRESS THE ISSUES. 07:50.733 --> 07:55.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% THAT IS NUMBER ONE. 07:51.833 --> 07:58.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IF WE DON'T WOULDN'T WE LIKE TO 07:53.566 --> 08:02.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAVE A SYSTEM THAT DEALS WITH 07:55.500 --> 08:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THIS, THESE OBLIGATIONS IN AN 07:58.233 --> 08:04.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ORDERLY FASHION AS OPPOSED TO 08:02.100 --> 08:06.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% CHAOS. 08:02.733 --> 08:08.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THAT WHAT IS IT WOULD BE. 08:04.500 --> 08:09.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MPBLTSDS JIM, WOULD IT BE CHAOS? 08:06.766 --> 08:12.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> THERE ARE SOME ISSUES OUT 08:08.333 --> 08:14.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THERE WITH THE FUNDING AND 08:09.633 --> 08:18.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MAKING SURE LEVELS OF FUNDLING. 08:12.466 --> 08:19.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% GOING THROUGH BANKRUPTCY TO GET 08:14.266 --> 08:21.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OUT OF AN OBLIGATION IS 08:18.500 --> 08:24.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% REPREHENSIBLE IN MY OPINION. 08:19.766 --> 08:27.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT IS A WAY TO WIPE THE SLATE 08:21.733 --> 08:29.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CLEAN OF YOUR OBLIGATIONS. 08:24.466 --> 08:32.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IF THEY LOOK AT BLOOMINGTON THAT 08:27.733 --> 08:35.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SAYS WE WILL FUND OUR PLANS AND 08:29.466 --> 08:38.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN AND THE 08:32.333 --> 08:40.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MAYOR SAID WE WILL DO THAT. 08:35.733 --> 08:42.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON 08:38.200 --> 08:44.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% APASSED A UTILITY TAX AND 08:40.366 --> 08:45.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DEDICATE TAD TAX TOWARD THE PPX 08:42.600 --> 08:46.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL SAVE 08:44.300 --> 08:49.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THEIR RESIDENTS MONEY. 08:45.466 --> 08:50.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 08:46.733 --> 08:52.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY HAD IT PROJECTED OUT, WHAT 08:49.566 --> 08:54.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THE SAVINGS WOULD BE. 08:50.333 --> 08:55.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 08:52.266 --> 08:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOME CASES WE ARE DEALING WITH 08:54.466 --> 09:01.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WASHINGTON PARK AND WE ARE 08:55.566 --> 09:03.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DEALING WITH CORRUPTION AND 08:57.333 --> 09:05.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ABSOLUTE STEALING OF CITY ASSETS 09:01.033 --> 09:07.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THIS HAPPENED IN DIXON, AND THEY 09:03.733 --> 09:09.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BECAME WHOLE, LATER ON. 09:05.500 --> 09:11.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT YOU HAD THEY COULDN'T EVEN 09:07.933 --> 09:12.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OPEN THE POOL UP BECAUSE THEY 09:09.533 --> 09:14.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE SO MUCH 09:11.200 --> 09:17.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MONEY WAS DIVERTED AND STOLEN. 09:12.800 --> 09:18.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN OTHER 09:14.666 --> 09:20.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CITIES, TOO, SOME MALFEASANCE. 09:17.266 --> 09:22.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> RESPECTFULLY THAT IS NOT IRAQ 09:18.833 --> 09:23.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FORWARD AND THE PICTURE IN MOST 09:20.433 --> 09:24.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ILLINOIS CITIES WHERE WE PAY OUR 09:22.100 --> 09:26.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% BILLS AND WE ARE FINANCIAL 09:23.466 --> 09:28.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESPONSIBLE AND WE NEED TO KNOW 09:24.800 --> 09:30.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO PAY 09:26.266 --> 09:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ON IS A SYSTEM DESIGNED APRIL 09:28.466 --> 09:33.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BUILT FOR BY THE STATE OF 09:30.100 --> 09:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ILLINOIS AND PENSIONERS AND WE 09:31.333 --> 09:36.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% HAVE TO PAY THE BILL. 09:33.200 --> 09:38.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE DESIGN 09:34.600 --> 09:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% OF THE PLAN. 09:36.033 --> 09:41.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> HOW IS IT THAT THESE 09:38.900 --> 09:42.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MUNICIPALITIES GOT IN TROUBLE. 09:39.800 --> 09:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE STATE TOOK THE PENSION 09:41.600 --> 09:46.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HOLIDAYS AND DID NOT CONTRIBUTE 09:42.733 --> 09:49.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% ITS SHARE. 09:44.900 --> 09:51.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> IT IS THE SAME, I THINK, JIM 09:46.866 --> 09:52.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WOULD AGO REWITH US ON. 09:49.566 --> 09:53.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVE FOUND THEY DID NOT MAKE 09:51.533 --> 09:56.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THEIR PAYMENTS. 09:52.400 --> 09:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEIR FULL PAYMENTS TO THE 09:53.700 --> 09:58.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PENSION FUNDS AND THE BENEFITS, 09:56.033 --> 09:59.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEY ARE NOT FUNDING THEIR 09:57.333 --> 10:02.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BENEFITS AND THEY SAY IT IS 09:58.466 --> 10:03.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NOT THERE, 09:59.833 --> 10:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND I THINK JIM AND OTHERS WOULD 10:02.366 --> 10:06.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PROBABLY DISAGREE BUT THE FACT 10:03.600 --> 10:08.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF THE MATTER IS THAT COUPLED 10:04.966 --> 10:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WITH THE RECESSION AND LOSSES IN 10:06.833 --> 10:12.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE STOCK MARKET AND THE FACT 10:08.433 --> 10:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THAT, LET'S BE HONEST, LAW 10:11.266 --> 10:17.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ENFORCEMENT FOKTS ARE MAKING 10:12.433 --> 10:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MONEY AND THEY ARE LIVING LONG 10:15.600 --> 10:21.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND THE PENSION BENEFITS ARE 10:17.333 --> 10:22.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SWEETER AND THAT IS A PERFECT 10:19.333 --> 10:25.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STORM THAT CAUSEDS FUNDS TO 10:21.700 --> 10:27.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% SUFFER. 10:22.466 --> 10:28.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT AN 10:25.266 --> 10:31.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AVERAGE PENSION IS FOR A RETIRED 10:27.100 --> 10:32.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTERS? 10:28.400 --> 10:33.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> IT WOULD BE IN AND AROUND THE 10:31.100 --> 10:34.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% 50s. 10:32.333 --> 10:40.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT DEPENDS ON WHAT AREA YOU WERE 10:33.966 --> 10:42.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% IN. 10:34.833 --> 10:43.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PAYING BENEFITS, IT CHAIGS BY 10:40.633 --> 10:45.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHAT COMMUNITY YOU WORKED FOR. 10:42.366 --> 10:47.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IN HAVE HIGHER THAN OTHERS. 10:43.900 --> 10:49.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% I WOULD SAY IN THE 50s. 10:45.600 --> 10:51.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DO THEY GET SOCIAL SECURITY NO 10:47.966 --> 10:53.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR 10:49.433 --> 10:56.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE SOCIAL SECURITY END OF IT, 10:51.533 --> 10:58.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND THE BENEFIT THAT GIVES THEM 10:53.633 --> 11:00.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEIR BACKUP IS THEIR PENSION. 10:56.500 --> 11:03.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER FEF 10:58.066 --> 11:06.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FOLKS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO 11:00.366 --> 11:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% RETIRE AT AGE 50 AND 75% OF 11:03.533 --> 11:08.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THEIR HIGHEST WAGE AND 11:06.200 --> 11:11.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COMPOUNDING INTEREST AND FOR 11:07.033 --> 11:13.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS THAT 11:08.133 --> 11:17.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MEANS THEIR SPOUSE GETS THEIR 11:11.433 --> 11:19.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BENEFIT WITH NO DECREASE. 11:13.666 --> 11:21.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT IS A NOT FINANCIALLY SOLVE 11:17.066 --> 11:24.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% VENT SYSTEM, AND AN APPROACH, IT 11:19.700 --> 11:25.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CAME AT A TAME WHEN A LOT OF 11:21.600 --> 11:27.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CHANGES WERE MADE THE STOCK 11:24.100 --> 11:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MARKET WAS GOING CRAZY IN THE 11:25.800 --> 11:32.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EARLY 90s AND WE DON'T HAVE THE 11:27.666 --> 11:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABILITY TO KEEP PAYING AT THE 11:31.033 --> 11:36.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% SAME LEVEL. 11:32.600 --> 11:38.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVE A CHOICE, WE REFORM THE 11:34.600 --> 11:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SYSTEM AND WE DO IT IN A WAY 11:36.266 --> 11:42.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT IS PROTECTED OR WE HAVE TO 11:38.700 --> 11:43.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PREPARE FOR BIG TAX INCREASE 11:40.566 --> 11:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAN AND UTILITY TAX, PROPERTY 11:42.766 --> 11:47.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% TAX. 11:43.033 --> 11:50.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE ARE NOT THE LARGEST HOME 11:46.166 --> 11:51.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RULED KMTD IN THE STATE AND WE 11:47.866 --> 11:52.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ARE UP AGAINST PROPERTY TAX CAPS 11:50.033 --> 11:54.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND WE CAN'T RAISE OUR RATES 11:51.666 --> 11:55.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% HIGHER. 11:52.033 --> 11:57.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT 11:54.433 --> 11:58.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WAY TO RAISE REVENUE. 11:55.633 --> 12:00.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE ARE LOOKING AT REFORMS TO 11:57.233 --> 12:01.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. 11:58.733 --> 12:04.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> SO THE PENSION IS GOING 12:00.433 --> 12:07.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FORWARD AS YOU MENTION, AND THEY 12:01.866 --> 12:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THEY 12:04.300 --> 12:10.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% REDUCED ALL FROM THE COLAS TO 12:07.133 --> 12:12.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THE RETURMT AGE. 12:08.233 --> 12:13.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A LOT OF THIS WE HAVE TO KEEP 12:10.766 --> 12:15.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PERSPECTIVE ON WHEN WE LOOK AT 12:12.500 --> 12:17.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PUBLIC SAFETY INDIVIDUALS WHY 12:13.733 --> 12:20.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEY RETIRE AT THATLE AGE. 12:15.400 --> 12:21.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DO YOU WANT A 60-YEAR-OLD MAN 12:17.966 --> 12:23.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WRESTLING WITH AN 18-YEAR-OLD 12:20.133 --> 12:25.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% MAN OUT THERE. 12:21.666 --> 12:28.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% YOU WILL HAVE A DISABILITY ON 12:23.466 --> 12:30.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% THAT 60-YEAR-OLD. 12:25.100 --> 12:32.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE DESIGN THE PLANS WITH THE 12:28.966 --> 12:35.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INDIVIDUALS IN MIND TO GET THE 12:30.633 --> 12:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ROTATION OUT AND BRING IN 12:32.766 --> 12:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% YOUNGER PEOPLE AS YOU POINTED 12:35.633 --> 12:38.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AUTOMATIC THERE ARE BANKRUPTCIES 12:36.800 --> 12:42.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN THE U.S. THAT WE ARE TALKING 12:38.300 --> 12:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% ABOUT. 12:38.600 --> 12:45.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FOR EXAMPLE, OYK ORANGE COUNTY, 12:42.133 --> 12:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CALIFORNIA, FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY 12:43.333 --> 12:50.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% IN 1994. 12:45.900 --> 12:52.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DETROIT, MICHIGAN, WELL KNOWN 12:47.533 --> 12:54.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CASE, 700,000-PLUS IN 2012. 12:50.733 --> 12:56.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA 12:52.166 --> 12:58.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% POPULATION ABOUT 700,000, FILED 12:54.366 --> 12:59.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% IN 2011. 12:56.266 --> 13:00.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IN SOME OF THOSE 12:58.366 --> 13:03.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% JURISDICTIONINGS MY 12:59.566 --> 13:05.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% UNDERSTANDING THINKS WERE 13:00.866 --> 13:05.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECT TEXTS AND 13:03.566 --> 13:06.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FEDERAL COURTS WENT ALONG WITH 13:05.066 --> 13:08.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% IT. 13:05.466 --> 13:09.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% HOW COME? 13:06.333 --> 13:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> THAT IS WHERE IT GETS 13:08.133 --> 13:11.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY HERE IN 13:09.333 --> 13:12.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ILLINOIS. 13:10.500 --> 13:14.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PENSIONS PROTECTED BY THE 13:11.800 --> 13:17.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CONSTITUTION BUT THE JIFRT OF 13:12.866 --> 13:18.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BANKRUPTCY 13:14.400 --> 13:21.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CASES AT THE FEDERAL JUDGES SAID 13:17.033 --> 13:23.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FEDERAL LAW SUPERCEDES THAT 13:18.300 --> 13:24.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STATE PROTECTION AND I THINK 13:21.000 --> 13:27.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOME JUDGES SAID THEY CAN'T BE 13:23.700 --> 13:29.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ADJUSTED AND THIS IS WHERE THE 13:24.733 --> 13:30.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FEAR IS IF THERE WAS A PROVISION 13:27.000 --> 13:31.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN ILLINOIS THAT ALLOWED THEM TO 13:29.100 --> 13:32.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY A LOT OF 13:30.266 --> 13:35.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PEOPLE WOULD SEEK TO TAKE 13:31.633 --> 13:36.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE SOME OF 13:32.733 --> 13:38.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE PENSIONS BENEFITS COULD BE 13:35.566 --> 13:39.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% RESTRUCTURED. 13:36.466 --> 13:40.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> AS WE MENTIONED JAMES 13:38.366 --> 13:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MCNAMEE, TODAY THERE WAS A 13:39.233 --> 13:46.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE CITY 13:40.700 --> 13:47.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF CHICAGO PLANS FOR PENSION 13:43.233 --> 13:48.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% REFORM THAT INCLUDES HIGHER 13:46.133 --> 13:50.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOWER COST OF 13:47.466 --> 13:51.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% LIVING INCREASES. 13:48.733 --> 13:55.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IS THIS A CONCERN THAT THE 13:50.033 --> 13:58.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FEDERAL COURT MAY STEP IN AND 13:51.333 --> 14:00.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SAY FEDERAL LAW PREEMPTS STATE 13:55.066 --> 14:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% LAWS? 13:58.133 --> 14:03.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE GET CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND 14:00.133 --> 14:05.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE SHOULD LOOK AT MICHIGAN. 14:02.733 --> 14:06.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MICHIGAN'S CONSTITUTION IS A 14:03.900 --> 14:09.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THE 14:05.533 --> 14:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT ABOUT HOW 14:06.766 --> 14:12.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THEY PROTECT PENSIONS. 14:09.500 --> 14:14.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THERE. 14:11.266 --> 14:15.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE 14:12.533 --> 14:16.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BANKRUPTCIES CAME IN PLACE THE 14:14.033 --> 14:19.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PENSION BENEFITS WERE NOT 14:15.966 --> 14:20.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% REDUCED. 14:16.466 --> 14:22.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE BANKRUPTCY COURTS DO D NOT 14:19.966 --> 14:24.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% REDUCE THEM. 14:20.666 --> 14:25.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% COULD HAVE BUT DIDN'T. 14:22.500 --> 14:27.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND IN CHICAGO, I THINK ONE OF 14:24.300 --> 14:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO 14:25.566 --> 14:30.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GET GOING, AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE 14:27.600 --> 14:33.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEEN PUSHING IS THEY SHOULDN'T 14:29.433 --> 14:34.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BE SELLING OFFER INFRASTRUCTURE, 14:30.766 --> 14:35.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO PLUG A ONE-TERM BUDGET HOLE 14:33.166 --> 14:36.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH PARKING 14:34.766 --> 14:38.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% METERS. 14:35.900 --> 14:40.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT 14:36.933 --> 14:43.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE MONEY AND PARKING METER 14:38.500 --> 14:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GIVEN TO THE PENSION FUND. 14:40.866 --> 14:47.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> WE ARE OUT OF TIME. 14:43.133 --> 14:49.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUT REAL QUICKLY, WHAT DO YOU 14:44.900 --> 14:50.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WANT THE PUBLIC TO KEEP IN MIND? 14:47.066 --> 14:51.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> WE'LL HAVE A BUSY SPRING 14:49.133 --> 14:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LEGISTATIVE SESSION AND 14:50.400 --> 14:55.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% UNDERLYING ACTION THAT HAS TO 14:51.100 --> 14:57.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TAKE PLACE F IF WE TAKE ACTION 14:53.933 --> 14:58.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL COST 14:55.900 --> 15:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DRIVERS WE WON'T HAVE TO TALK 14:57.733 --> 15:02.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ABOUT MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY. 14:58.833 --> 15:04.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE CITY OF ROCKFORD IS IN A 15:00.700 --> 15:05.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STRONG FOOTING AND WE WILL DO 15:02.333 --> 15:06.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OUR PART TO HELP LEAD REFORMS IN 15:04.233 --> 15:08.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% THE STATE. 15:05.033 --> 15:11.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> I APPRECIATE IT AND ANDREW 15:06.966 --> 15:14.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SCHROEDTER AND PATRICK REHKAMP