State Rep. Kay Hatcher (R-Yorkville) thought the budget address lacked detail.
Editor's note: State Rep. Kay Hather provided the following news release on Governor Pat Quinn's budget address. For more information on the budget itself, see this article or this article from Illinois Statehouse News. The lack of details in Governor Quinn’s budget address Wednesday was very disappointing, State Representative Kay Hatcher said. Hatcher (R-Yorkville) said after the speech, lawmakers still don’t know how the Governor plans to handle his proposed closure and consolidation of state facilities, or his stated goals of curbing Medicaid costs and restoring solvency to our state pension systems. “I have received word that the Governor plans to ‘consolidate’ human services offices in my district, but today I’m still working to get …
State Treasurer Dan Rutherford touted his $168,400 in cuts during an appearance in Yorkville on Monday.
&nbps;0 Comments Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is not buying any more paperclips, pencils or rubber bands. He also nixed paper desk calendars in favor of staff members using electronic calendars on their computers. And he trimmed the number of taxpayer-funded vehicles in his office’s fleet and the number of cellular phones and landlines. Overall, his efforts reduced his office’s $8.16 million General Revenue Fund appropriations by 2 percent (or $168,400), according to the proposed House Bill 3848. The bill deals with multiple revenue funds and reduces Rutherford’s total appropriation for that section from $16.7 million to $16.5 million. Rutherford is encouraging other state leaders to make similar cuts in light of the state …
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12:24 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Seems like every State legislator that has implied that Quinn won't do any tough cuts before this budget, is now crying foul. What they are all failing to say out loud is he wants to make big cuts on state retired and working peoples pensions,close loopholes and tax breaks that favor big business,close down all their " little projects" all the things that they were hollering about he wouldn,t do … more ›