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Question of the day
Monday, Oct 21, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller * The governor’s office told me today that 40 percent of IDOT’s six-year $23.5 billion roads and bridges plan will be spent in District 1, which includes Chicago, suburban Cook and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. That means 60 percent goes to what’s traditionally known as “Downstate,” which has less than 35 percent of the state’s population but a whole lot of its roads and bridges. According to the governor’s office, District 1-Downstate split in Pat Quinn’s Illinois Jobs Now was 43-57. Back in the day, there was a handshake agreement to split the IDOT spending 45-55 between District 1 and Downstate every year…
So, Downstate will do much better in the future than it has in the past, including slightly better than the very recent past…
* This 40-60 split could help the governor and others counter arguments like this one from the leader of the Eastern Bloc…
Halbrook lives in IDOT District 7, which includes these (mostly) smallish counties…
And yet District 7 is slated to receive about 19.5 percent of what the massive District 1 will get ($1.29 billion vs. $6.63 billion) over six years. * The Question: Can you craft Rep. Halbrook’s response to these numbers?
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- Cheryl44 - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:12 pm:
Good. Downstate roads are in horrible condition from what my downstate friends say.
- phenom_Anon - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:12 pm:
“I don’t see what the big deal is, frankly.”
- L.A. - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:13 pm:
Get over it(banned punctuation)
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:15 pm:
- phenom_Anon -
Well done, that’s where I was going, lol
“I’ll get back to the Governor when I hear what the 51st state is offering now”
- Donnie Elgin - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:15 pm:
Beware of governors bearing gifts.
- OneMan - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:16 pm:
Yet again the Democrats in Cook County get their 8 lane roads while the good folks in Jasper county have to settle for less, we just keep paying for others.
- Thomas Paine - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:17 pm:
“Pritzker claims his gas tax is reeling in a big haul for downstate Illinois. I’ve heard a lot of fish stories in my time, but that’s a bunch of crappie.” - Brad Halbrook
- Not Again - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:18 pm:
Who cares how Illinois funds its roads? In New Illinois we will use Coles Cash.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:22 pm:
“Look, this is an utter disgrace. Over 90 counties voted against the Democrat governor, that’s 90 counties, and we get 60% of the money? That’s not fair. The money should not be distributed by how counties vote, and we are being unfairly treated. Where is our 90%”
- Mr. Halbrook, maybe.
- Henry Francis - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:27 pm:
If we had our own 51st state, 100% of our tax dollars would stay right here, and we wouldn’t have to send 40% up to those crooked Democrats in Chicago.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:28 pm:
Brad Halbrook: “Where did we put those ribbon cutting scissors?”
- DuPage Saint - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:32 pm:
Figures don’t lie but liars figure
- Been There - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:33 pm:
This isn’t his response but an actual question. Is mass transit funding included in these percentages? If not I can see him saying his district doesn’t get diddly from that pool of money.
- Rich Miller - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:36 pm:
===If not I can see him saying his district doesn’t get diddly from that pool of money. ===
Then he should propose a mass transit project.
- SpfdNewb - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:41 pm:
Thomas Paine, is there crappie in the rivers here? Because all I see are large mouth basses (remove the b to make the joke count here).
- SpfdNewb - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:47 pm:
On the question,
How dare Chicago get 40% of the funding, it only has ~75% of the state’s population.
- don the legend - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:52 pm:
“Yeah, Yeah, But but …. look a squirrel.”
- Moe Berg - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:53 pm:
“Many of my constituents are enthusiastic supporters of 3/5 compromises.”
- Crispy Critter - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 3:56 pm:
Chicago has most of the population but downstate grows the food they eat. Chicago likes to eat.
- Been There - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 4:05 pm:
===Then he should propose a mass transit project.===
I’m not saying that is a good response because I don’t have a problem with mass transit funding. But I can see him using my quote.
- anon2 - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 4:14 pm:
“Facts are meaningless.You can use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true.Facts schmacts.”
~ Homer J. Simpson
- Jocko - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 4:21 pm:
It’s about time they take into account our having 16 counties to their four (Cook, Will, DuPage, & Lake)
- Jibba - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 4:59 pm:
Wicked burn, Moe.
- Ill Annoyed - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 5:03 pm:
“Leave it to the liberal swamp dwellers to use facts and figures to make their point. I, myself, prefer to stick to my opinions.”
- Last Bull Moose - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 5:35 pm:
The money goes to highways that serve Chicago. The roads we use.
- Almost the weekend - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 6:13 pm:
All these construction projects all end up leading to one place Chicago. Yep that’s right you Google map from anywhere in my district any route you take from roads in Shelbyville or Robinson they take you to Chicago eventually. It is despicable! As your representative I can’t support that.
- Flapdoodle - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 6:23 pm:
Moe Berg @ 3:53 wins — that is good stuff
- Al - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 6:29 pm:
“If there is one thing I resent is being Poindextered, by tax cheating tax hikers who seek to desecrate and destroy our God given reduce speed reminders by hiring socialist to bury them. Outrage, I am outraged. Washington and Lincoln are rolling over in their graves. We must resist tyranny. Don’t tread on me DOT.”
- Not a Billionaire - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 6:33 pm:
It could use a few more 4 lanes or even passing lanes downstate. Thompson understood high profile with 39. He ran it in all his Dow estate ads.
- @misterjayem - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 6:53 pm:
Can you craft Rep. Halbrook’s response to these numbers?
“Sixty percent? Outrageous‼ Downstate deserves at least half‼”
– MrJM
- Anyone Remember - Monday, Oct 21, 19 @ 7:44 pm:
Rep. Halbrook: “Everyone in District 1 is either uber wealthy & can afford to pay tolls, or is uninsured and shouldn’t have roads!”
- Lynn S. - Tuesday, Oct 22, 19 @ 1:17 am:
“The residents of my district have more acres of land than those She-caw-go folks, so we deserve more transportation funding.” Rep. Brad Holbrooke, R-Eastern Bloc
“But, Sir, you have far less population than the Chicagoland area”, said the reporter.
Holbrooke responded: “We have more land (banned punctuation). We need more votes (banned punctuation). Must we now discuss how She-caw-go steals our votes, in addition to our transportation funds?”
- efudd - Tuesday, Oct 22, 19 @ 8:08 am:
“Once again, a clear cut case of the liberal media trying to confuse me with the facts”