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Springfield Tue Jul 07 2009
Quinn v 2009 Budget
January 2009 Quinn: "Yay, I'm Governor!"
June 2009 Quinn: "Damnit, I'm Governor."
Check out Rich Miller's coverage of the Governor's press conference here. Via Rich, from the Governor's office:
HB 2145 appropriates $3.8 billion to fund state operations. However, HB 2145 fails to adequately cut the cost of state operations, including the budget of the General Assembly and other Constitutional Officers, including the Attorney General, Treasurer, Comptroller and Secretary of State.
Translation: "Hey, remember these other people that have statewide office!? Why don't you harass them for a while!?"
Here's AFSCME Council 31 spokesman Anders Lindall talking about state Senator James Meeks' solution to the boondoggle, House Bill 0174.
