MADIGAN: Illinois making recovery? |
BUT
READING THROUGH it, I couldn’t help but sense the real purpose was to remind
people that Bruce Rauner is political history, while he remains in office.
Rauner being the guy who spent four years in office perpetually blaming Madigan
for Illinois’ inability to get anything done.
And
even implying, at times, that Madigan ought to be the Chicago politico facing
criminal indictment – rather than Edward M. Burke!
For
as Madigan put it, 2019 will go down as the year of a balanced budget that
boosts education funding, helps senior citizens and women and helps pay off $1
billion in old bills.
“While
there remains more work to be done to put Illinois fully back on track, in
these steps we see what Illinois can be when our leaders stand up for our
middle-class families while still seeking common ground,” Madigan said. “When
we use our time to build compromises, when we have a governor who encourages Illinois
to think big again and when we all commit ourselves to working together to
build a stronger Illinois.”
I’M
SURE THE ideologues of the rural portions of Illinois will have their own retaliatory
rants. But the sense is that we are better off for not having a government that
was so anxious to play political games with organized labor that it was willing
to disrupt its daily operations.
RAUNER: He gone! |
Which
makes the Madigan proclamation of the session’s end seem all the more the equivalent
of a political raspberry – aimed in the direction of Gov. Bruce himself.
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