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Is this the same Governor who opposed "any sales tax increase" and the failed to veto the 1/2 cent sales tax increase in Cook and the collar counties, thereby allowing it to become law?
Pot calling the kettle black.
Sheesh! Will they even be able to find hotel space? Or will they wind up sleeping in their fancy chairs on the house and senate floors?
So we have a Special Session on education funding with no agenda or proposals to vote on. Only the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and the local Hotel and Restaurant Association members will be smiling that day in Springfield...
How does this affect his "Rewrite" campaign? Does this mean veto session will begin on Wednesday?
How would one pay for the education expansion with Lottery if they plan on paying for CP with Lottery? And I thought gaming was 'dead' unless it was the Madigan Version. Is the gov going to sign the ethics pay to play before the 13th to show good faith? If the bill isn't signed prior to the CP vote and it, by a long shot, passes, I would think an awful lot of contract could be lines up before January.
Only if you think we actually have a functioning guv. I would wager he still won't go out amongst the "people" - way too risky! Cellini has a whole warehouse packed full of boos and jeers virtually bursting at the seams.
This goofus--this complete, total GOOFUS -- has madeit absolutely CLEAR that he doesn't WANT to achieve anything. If he did he'd try something different, like LEAD, WORK, COMPROMISE, take actions designed to bring the parties TOGETHER not rip them further apart.
ROD, what you've been doing DOES NOT WORK! You are hurting yourself (and EMIL) worse than you are hurting the Madigan's. If you have an OUNCE of brains and sanity left, it's TIME to CHANGE your approach!
Arghhhhhhhhhhh! IMPEACH HIM, please!!
OK, Rich. . . delete as being over the top. Even ban me if you must. But, ENOUGH is ENOUGH. This guy is NUTS and he's going to drive the rest of us NUTS with this insanity!
When you have a hammer in your hand everything looks like a nail.
And what of Emil and the raise? This move puts Emil on the spot with no probable upside. Bad move there.
As a counter to Meeks, it's weak since there is no bill... or is there? He's basically calling everybody to come vote "no" on Meeks' bill? Like he has the influence now to make that vote happen?
Spending Governor Day hiding out from press and AFSME protestors on the second floor?
If I was Judy Topinka, I'd be laughing my butt off every day of the week and twice on the sabbath.
What I simply don't understand is why he wants to anger Emil, his best and probably only friend in the Senate, by forcing two more days then the payraise kicks in. Did Elvis not think this thing through? Is it that important that he dodge the press and unions on the 13th by having an excuse not to show up at the fair? What kind of idiot scheme could he have possibly cooked up with Emil, who has been so adamantly opposed to this payraise kicking in before the November election? Some help here understanding this maniacal scheme, please.
I think most would say, go ahead with a 1 percent tax hike, a smaller but still significant number would say add a tax swap at the same time and get education funding off of property tax as a basis. Others would propose other revenue enhancements and cuts. I think whatever consensus your readers would cobble together HAS to be a better idea than anything Rod has presented so far.
Meeks would have to introduce in the Senate. The very fact that the governor is even discussing this tells me that President Jones is, if not outright pushing it, at least OK with this idea. It is clear that they've at least talked about it seriously as part of some kind of strategy.
Given the pay raise, the governor's opposition to an income tax hike (and his allegations about Madigan's tax hike plans), the well known desire shared by Jones and Meeks for education funding reform, Mayor Daley's opinion of the governor, all of it on its face screams (insert synonym of aforementioned term).
Are cracks forming in the alliance? Is Jones losing his grip on the caucus?
2 problems with the current capital plan.
1) The gov still has not signed the ethics bill, so it would be nuts to give him 25 billion to hand out in exchange for campaign cash.
2) giving the Gov 24 Bil in capital funds just gives him the ability to buy the general assembly by holding and releasing fund in exchange for the votes he wants. Blago has been openly playing politics with funding, state job, office and prison closures since 2003. giving himn 24 billion for a capital plan will simply result in legislature being given the choice to vote for his health care plan (and/or against impeachment) or see the funds for projects in their districts "held".
Illinois is hurting bad enough, we can not stand the damage the Gov can do with access to 24 Billion in funds.
Hopefully, someone insists that the new revenue is used to start patching old budget holes (ie. hire more COs for the prisons, fix the roads and parks, more funding for higher ed, pay down the pension debt,...) But who am I kidding?
Of course, none of this happens until after the election. So, why he calls the special session is beyond me. Just to annoy someone, presumably Madigan, but who knows? Maybe its to increase revenue at the fair. (Everybody brings family and friends to enjoy the fair.) If it works, there will be a special, special session in southern Illinois around Labor Day to boost attendance at DuQuoin.
I just noticed that there are no acts on the main stage on the 12th. Maybe they can have a live leaders meeting! What would tickets go for?
I should not be posting this late!
"...so it would be nuts ..." Careful, Ghost, that kinda language got me in trouble a couple of hours ago. lol
Harris: Yeah that will really get there goat, you know they really dont want to do that because ot the election. Good one Mr. Governor.
Blago: That will show Madigan, Ive got him now! hahaha
But what about the general population of the state who happen to live in districts that won't see any influx of jobs or money? How is that being a governor? Someone really needs to stop this guy and his games. I've been around for a good many years and have never in my life seen a circus like is going on in Illinois.
Mike Madigan, don't let this guy have our money and play with it that way. What MMadigan can do is begin impeachment proceedings on August 12.
Guv wants the 25 Billion Cap Money without the limitations of the Ethics Bill being law so he can get those nice $25,000 checks from the contractors. Pay To Play on steroids and then some. MJM will block this attempt too. And Emil and guv will wear the jacket for the huge pay increases for all but the frontline and other regular employees. And the Dems will pay heavily at the ballot box. Guv is an, uh, idiot.
Wow, how time flies - I forgot, but it is now the time in the budget cycle when the agencies and the budget bureau are beginning to build the FY2010 budget request. How can they figure the base to start from in all of the chaos guv has created? You are concerned about shortfalls in the FY2009 budget however that is the base for the FY2010 budget. This is what now passes for Exec Branch Leadership?