SPRINGFIELD, IL – (Dan McCaleb, Illinois News Network. Please click on the link above for the full column. Here is an excerpt below.)
In his more than 30 years as Illinois’ powerful House speaker, Michael Madigan has won far more political battles than he’s lost.
Illinois is losing big time, but what concern of that is it to Madigan? He keeps his power, and everyone else loses more and more money.
This month alone, Madigan won the battle to adopt the most expensive budget in state history without the kinds of structural reforms Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to help right the state’s fiscal ship. Think pension reform, workers’ compensation reform, deep spending cuts and property tax relief. None of these things that have been part of Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda are in place.
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