Huge celebration over CORE pension election victory
The official tally of the results came at approximately 9:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2009.As it had begun to become clear that CORE, less than two years old, had scored a decisive victory in the October 30 election for pension trustee, the full impact of the election of CORE candidates Lois Ashford and Jay Rehak to the 12-member board that oversees the nearly $10 billion in Chicago Teachers Pension Fund assets began to be clear to a larger and larger audience.