Trib Weighs In On Spending
Posted by Mike | May 27, 2008 | |
And endorses the Metro Planning Council’s suggesting that we rank spending priorities:
With a little more than a week until the General Assembly’s scheduled adjournment, the prospects for a capital bill this spring aren’t good, especially since the current proposal relies heavily on money from two iffy sources: a partial lease of the state lottery and a huge expansion of gambling. That fight will probably wait for the fall.
The Illinois Works plan unveiled by Hastert and Poshard confronts a bald truth: There won’t be a capital bill as long as the governor and lawmakers don’t trust each other. The Metropolitan Planning Council addresses a larger problem, which is that taxpayers don’t trust any of them.
Rich Miller has a full round up from Springfield.
Tags: Capital Spending > Chicago > Illinois > Illinois Works > Legislation
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May 27th, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
Glenn Poshard. Wow, that’s a name I haven’t heard of in awhile…since his gubernatorial race against George Ryan. He has a mustache that rivals Bob Barr.