Then and now
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From August 4, 2015…
Illinois’ budget impasse is forcing a Little Village YMCA, named after Governor Bruce Rauner, to shut down one of its longest-running youth programs. […]
Now that those funds have run out due to the budget battle in Springfield, administrators have made the tough decisions to discontinue one of the center’s longest running programs called Teen Reach. […]
Governor Rauner issued this statement about the ongoing budget battle:
The failure of Speaker Madigan and the legislators he controls to pass a balanced budget is impacting programs across the state like Teen Reach and underscores the need for reforms to transform state government that will free up resources to help the most vulnerable.
The Rauner Family Y has been trying to place Teen Reach kids in other programs. Many have been given summer jobs and internships.
But the administration is hoping for a last minute save before next Friday.
OK, so back then it was Madigan’s fault that Teen Reach was out of money and the governor was diligently working to resolve the problem.
* From just the other day…
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State Sen. Omar Aquino (D-Chicago) noted that three weeks prior, the governor referred to the quote “Nothing stops a bullet like a job.” Yet, Aquino pointed out, programs such as Teen Reach, crisis prevention, and jobs for youth are absent [from the governor’s proposed budget]. [Scott Harry, the director of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget] says the savings will be $60 million.
“How many lives will that cost the city of Chicago or the state of Illinois?” Aquino asked.
“I don’t know,” responded Harry.
Emphasis added for obvious reasons.
Hat tip: IWT.
- Archiesmom - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:08 pm:
Just another fill in the blanks PR release. I am sick to death of this.
- Anon221 - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:11 pm:
THIS is what is being thrown away. But, you know, it’s was only leverage. Now, I guess, it’s just “excess”. The Rauners should feel a deep shame, but you’d need to be able to feel compassion to feel shame.
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30777
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:16 pm:
HBO - “Dad’s Home State - Season 3, Episode 9
Bruce finished reading his budget numbers, Bruce runs out of red pens for the deficit numbers. Diana is excited that funding for her field get more money in Bruce’s wacky budget, Diana practices saying “business decision” without laughing at people. Diana’s State Employee blocks the Rauner YMCA website from appearing on Diana’s computer. Lance tweets Rauner budget bill numbers to Rahm to claim a $1,000 prize, “ck” rewrites releases with the new Rauner Word Jumble phrase “Grand Bargain” somewhere in the mix. Goldberg writes letters to Dan Proft and IPI. Comedy, 65 minutes
- Huh? - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:20 pm:
1.4%’s cognitive dissonance must be mind blowing.
- Earnest - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:25 pm:
“Then” Rauner said; “Now” Rauner does. Nothing about that will change unless the Illinois Democratic Party can get together some consistent messaging to move the needle.
- IRLJ - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:45 pm:
Rauner blames Madigan when Rauner hasn’t proposed a balanced budget, as is a governor’s duty.
Guess Rauner figures he can fool people interminably.
Ever see Woody Allen’s ‘All you ever wanted to know about S..?’ Where he says ‘Woman? What woman??’
- don the legend - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:58 pm:
…Scott Harry, the director of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget] says the savings will be $60 million. or about four months income for the Governor. Maybe Rauner can remind us again how much he gives to charity.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:29 pm:
When Truman was President he had a sign on his desk that read “the buck stops here”. Rauner is the anti Truman. The state is in crisis and he offers no leadership nor accepts any responsibility for the crisis which has only gotten much worse since he assumed office. When you have a dismal record of accomplishment how do you get re elected? You pass the buck and blame the other party for everything that’s gone wrong on your watch.
- The Governor - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:36 pm:
So you were elected to govern the state of IL! Now, every time there is a issue you blame it on Madigan! I would hope even the most uneducated person would be thinking why can’t the Governor get things done! He is the Governor? Right???
So obviously Rauner realizes running the state is not like running a business. Go back to the capital! Do your job! Work WITH Madigan and the GA and get something done! Ridiculous!!
- Hazel I's - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 7:03 am:
I wonder why Millionaire Rauner doesn’t use his money to do good for his fellow Illinoisians. Last election he spent enough money on elections to keep every YMCA in the state open.
- Miss Marie - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 8:46 am:
It’s also worth noting that this Administration has proposed eliminating the funding for Teen Reach in all of its proposed budgets–FY 16, 17 and now 18.
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