Um, what?
Thursday, Jun 8, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller
* For a publication dedicated almost solely to excerpting other outlets’ product, you’d think they would try to avoid insulting so many reporters by broadly mischaracterizing their work…
Almost unnoticed was a reduction veto — only Pritzker’s second veto in the five years he’s signed budgets. In a statement, the governor’s office described it as a fix for an “inadvertent” mistake when lawmakers last month voted themselves a 5.5 percent raise. State law says the maximum they can get is 5 percent. The tweak puts legislative salaries at $89,250 starting July 1, instead of $89,675.
Almost unnoticed? Only if you think unnoticed means ubiquitous.
Tribune…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs $50.4 billion state budget but vetoes legislators’ pay hike that exceeded state limit
Sun-Times…
Pritzker signs $50.4 billion budget that boosts early education funding — and stops state officials’ raises from breaking the law
WCIA…
Pritzker signs state budget, scales back lawmaker pay raises
SJ-R…
Pritzker signs $50.4 billion budget, championing investments in education
Raises to lawmakers reduced with governor’s amendment
Patch…
Lawmakers To Receive 5 Percent Pay Raise After Gov. Pritzker Signs Largest State Budget Ever […]
The budget will also include another pay raise for Illinois lawmakers. The annual cost of living increase for state lawmakers is capped at 5% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower. The increase in pay was set for legislators at 5.5% but was vetoed by Pritzker and brought down to a 5% increase due to the cap on the COLA’s.
- Excitable Boy - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:16 am:
Maybe they need to hire Isabel to do their daily briefing.
- vern - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:21 am:
She also wrote up the SoS crypto action by saying “who knew there was a Securities Department?” Maybe the “no one is noticing things” call is coming from inside the house over there.
- Hannibal Lecter - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:24 am:
=== She also wrote up the SoS crypto action by saying “who knew there was a Securities Department?” ===
It is quite embarrassing. Almost like when she calls the Cook County Board of Commissioners the Cook County Commission. If you are covering state and local government, you should take the time to learn a little bit about it.
- Larry Bowa Jr. - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:24 am:
Why is only the word “inadvertent” in quotes? Is it because the action being described wouldn’t seem perfidious without it? Wonder if that one was added by the ‘editor’ to make the copy pop, just fabricate a little ill intent and stir it into the story so you have something for people to click on.
- TheInvisibleMan - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:24 am:
When two airplanes crash into each other and turn into a giant fireball seen by everyone… they still ‘almost missed’.
Similar trick of language here.
Not much different than that op-ed in the Tribune today stating “Tax increase MAY be coming to Illinois by 2025″.
Because hey, I may win the lottery too.
- Hannibal Lecter - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:27 am:
=== Why is only the word “inadvertent” in quotes? ===
Probably because she saw that Rich used quotes as well:
https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/07/pritzker-to-use-reduction-veto-to-correct-inadvertent-pay-raises-above-legal-limit/
- Adam Laroach's son Drake - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:28 am:
To the bill itself, if there was truly no ill intent on behalf of the legislature, which very well may have been the case, then the mistake was negligence/incompetence, which is not much more reassuring.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:31 am:
This is the kind of content that makes me appreciate Rich, but also Isabel and what she does with the “briefs”
Why is this my take to this?
What “Politico’s” take is that they troll the idea of their “content” is fresh, and by fresh they mean taking others work, but now they want to dismiss actual truth to coverage as it’s commentary and not reporting… and not understanding the commentary aspect here is the feature… or ignorance by definition.
It’s if “The Onion” had the responsibility to own their content as truth not farce to truth.
It’s embarrassing
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:31 am:
===Not much different than that op-ed===
Oh, that’s coming up soon today.
- Rio - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:32 am:
==For a publication dedicated almost solely to excerpting other outlets’ product==
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
- Bud's Bar Stool - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:34 am:
It’s clear that whoever is editing Shia (is there an editor?) reads no other reporting from Illinois or doesn’t care.
Her shoot-from-the-hip, consistently sloppy reporting has done immeasurable damage to Politico’s reputation in Illinois.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:36 am:
===People in glass houses===
lol
This is a blog. And I don’t make a habit of insulting reporters by claiming they didn’t report what they, in fact, actually reported.
- H-W - Thursday, Jun 8, 23 @ 10:37 am:
Must be a slow news day, if this is the news. It seems to me that no one should be concerned that the pay of legislators was adjusted to comply with the law.
I suppose if you had a smoking gun, an “anonymous source,” quoted saying that the 5.5% increase was intentional, hoping no one would notice, then perhaps the quotations marks around inadvertent would be more than a tease.