Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Wednesday he will use his veto power to suspend state lawmakers' pay after they missed his deadline to deliver pension reform. "This is an emergency," Quinn said. "This is a crisis. This requires the full attention of those who were elected to the General Assembly." Quinn said he informed the comptroller of his intentions to suspend all legislative salaries and stipends for the General Assembly and for himself until the reform is on his desk.
He described the pay halt as a wake-up call for those who have failed for two years to take action on the state's pension crisis.[emphasis added]
No, this is a wake-up call for the legislature because they overrode his veto on the Concealed Carry bill!
... Rep. Elaine Nekritz (D-Buffalo Grove) said the move does "nothing to move us toward a solution to our pension crisis and only serves as an unnecessary distraction."
Quinn's gubernatorial opponents called it a stunt.
"The pension crisis won’t be solved by political stunts," Bruce Rauner said. "It will be solved by bold leadership that’s willing to take on the powerful interests in Springfield."
"It is obvious to everyone by now that this governor is long on press conferences and short on results," Bill Daley said. "This media sideshow doesn’t get things done, in fact it stands in the way."
The move comes a day after the Illinois legislature handily overrode Gov. Pat Quinn's amendatory veto to the concealed-carry bill.
This is The Illinois Machine talking.
Imagine, only yesterday I thought I couldn't be more disgusted by Power Politics.
Now I realize that I can .. I am!
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Quinn-major-budgetary-announcement-214908511.html#ixzz2YhZETwCi
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Sort of like the Chicago Way, in the White House has suspended our employer mandated health care for a year.
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