Question of the day
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Rep. Jay Hoffman tells a joke…
* The Question: Caption? And, please, keep it clean. Thanks.
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The more things change…
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Tribune yesterday…
While clashing on a call is as old as sports, O’Connor and others who work in youth sports say they’ve seen a recent deterioration of the treatment of officials, who are often teens or young adults themselves. Abuse by parents and coaches alike has led in part to a shortage of referees and umpires in youth and high school leagues across the country. The shortage spans all sports and competitive levels, local league representatives say, and has organizers scrambling to staff games.
“Everything a referee or umpire does is in judgment,” said O’Connor, 30, who owns Right Call Athletics, which staffs officials for various sports leagues throughout the Chicago area. “High school and college kids don’t want to stand there and take the abuse.” […]
Experts say the increasingly aggressive nature of parents represents a general shift in youth sports culture. Once centered around play and fun, sports leagues now are highly competitive and can cost parents thousands of dollars a season, monopolizing weekends spent traveling to games.
* The Daily Herald’s John Patterson in 2005…
In his experience as a suburban youth sports commissioner and coach, John Lawson has seen some horrendous behavior.
Fans going after game officials. Police called to break up fights between players’ moms. “Just last year we had an instance where the high school players were threatening the umpire,” said Lawson.
In fact, Lawson says he often sees worse behavior at youth sporting events than in his other line of work, which is telling given that for 19 years he’s been a police officer in Roselle.
Hoping to thwart the growing nastiness at sporting events, Lawson, a sergeant with the Roselle police force, worked with local lawmakers last year to offer added legal protection for sports coaches and officials. The resulting law hit the books Jan. 1 and elevates any attack on an official or coach to an aggravated assault punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine, the same penalties as those prescribed for assaulting a teacher or police officer.
* Tribune in 1999…
After 43 years as a baseball umpire, Bill Olsen has enough patience now to just let the nasty taunts from fans, coaches and parents sail by like a pop fly into the summer sky.
But Olsen, 60, worries that a deteriorating respect for officials on the field is driving away younger umpires from the job and even hardened veterans who are sick of the trash talking. […]
In an effort to stem the ever-dwindling number of umpires, the IHSA has even begun recruiting high school students to study, pass a test and become certified officials. Struckhoff said the number of IHSA-registered baseball umpires is down this year to 2,200 from 2,314 a decade ago. But the departure of even one umpire leaves 50 to 60 games uncovered for the season, she said.
* I came up with this post idea because this week’s Tribune story reminded me of a 1999 Pate Philip kerfuffle. From a May 12, 1999 Tribune letter…
Illinois Senate President James “Pate” Philip would have us all taking swings at the refs who donate their time and talents so our kids can play ball (News, May  . “They make more mistakes and everybody gets so mad at them, it isn’t even funny,” says Philip.
Who’s getting mad at them, senator? It’s not the kids on the field. Rather it’s the coaches and the parents on the sidelines. The kids usually congregate in embarrassed clusters when the adults start screaming at the refs, umpires or each other.
“I just say maybe they deserve a pop once in a while,” continues Philip. Sure, why shouldn’t that student, father or mother who’s refereeing or umpiring be popped? Think of the lessons our kids can learn about life and how to settle disputes.
With all of the soul-searching and legislative initiatives in the wake of the Columbine High School tragedy, wouldn’t passage of the state bill stiffening penalties for assaulting a sports official be a step toward ensuring our children’s safety and well-being?
More here.
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Dems attack Rauner, Senger
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Several Democrats held a press conference today about the now-infamous Darlene Senger e-mail, in which she wrote “We can maybe tie this back to Duckworth” in reference to the 13 deaths at the Quincy veterans’ home. Here’s Tina Sfondeles…
Democrat J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza on Thursday demanded that Gov. Bruce Rauner and his policy chief issue an apology to Sen. Tammy Duckworth for an email which sought to blame the decorated war hero and former veterans’ affairs manager for a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak in downstate Quincy. […]
Mendoza implored Senger to apologize to the families of those affected by the Legionnaires’ outbreak and to Duckworth. She also blamed the administration for trying to hide the outbreak.
And she denied politicizing the issue; that, she said, is Senger’s doing.
“Darlene Senger is the person who chose to try to pin the deaths of 13 war heroes on an actual wounded war hero. It’s not me,” Mendoza said. “…Darlene Senger disqualified herself as a person that could be trusted by this state the minute she decided to put the governor and his reputation ahead the personal safety of those veterans and the grieving families that were impacted by the deaths.”
Also, it should perhaps be noted that they held their event at the plumbers’ union hall. Get it? Plumbing?
* The Senger campaign is not budging an inch…
The simple, bipartisan fact is that for years, including the past Blagojevich and Quinn administrations, our veterans homes suffered from chronic underfunding that impacted the care our veterans received along with the critical maintenance and modernization of the state’s veterans facilities.
There is no doubt that the lack of proper funding for veterans over the last decade has exacerbated the problems we currently face. If we choose to ignore the past, systemic failures to fund our veteran’s programs, then we are destined to continue to face these challenges in the future and that was the point of my comment–we need to understand how and when these problems started in order to find long-term solutions.
* They also point to state Veterans Affairs Director Duckworth’s 2007 statement…
Our Quincy home is the oldest home we have. It was actually built to support our veterans of the Civil War. It needs work. We’re constantly spending money to update it.
And this from a 2007 Phil Kadner column…
Veterans are waiting a year or more, sometimes dying, for rooms in Illinois nursing homes created specifically for those who have served with honor in the country’s armed forces.
Yet for years, rooms in some of the state’s four veterans homes have remained vacant because Illinois simply failed to hire enough nurses to make them available.
“I’m funded (by the Legislature) at 89 percent of census,” said L. Tammy Duckworth, director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. […]
My interpretation: Either the governor or the Legislature didn’t want to come up with the money.
* Rauner campaign…
Governor Rauner took immediate action to address the problems at Quincy. He has worked every day to implement all recommendations and has presented a plan to build a new home. It’s shameful that JB Pritzker is playing politics instead of focusing on how to provide the very best care for our veterans.
* Pritzker campaign…
“While Bruce Rauner staged press stunts and paid lip-service to Veterans and their families, his administration was hiding emails that contained a secret plan to shift blame away from their failed governor,” said JB Pritzker. “After years of Rauner’s fatal mismanagement, his administration tried to pin the blame on U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, a combat Veteran and advocate for Veterans’ rights who embodies the spirit and courage of this country. Governor Rauner, Senator Duckworth is owed an apology. She deserves to be honored for her service and sacrifice.”
“What kind of a person does that?” Comptroller Mendoza asked of Senger, who is now the Republican nominee for State Comptroller. “As we recover from the manufactured budget crisis that Governor Rauner created, my office continues to have to make tough choices when prioritizing state payments. That means Illinois needs a comptroller with a strong moral compass — not one just seeking to deflect blame away from the governor. Sen. Tammy Duckworth sacrificed her body on the battlefield fighting for our country. She deserves respect from Darlene Senger, not false blame. Senger owes her an apology. A BIG ONE.”
“I am personally upset by the situation at the Quincy Veterans’ Home. All veterans — especially those at the Quincy facility — deserve our gratitude and a commitment to helping them when they need it the most,” said Secretary of State Jesse White, a veteran of the U.S. Army, Army Reserves and Illinois National Guard. “It’s insulting that as the Governor’s deputy chief of staff, Darlene Senger would attempt to point blame and try to politicize a life-and-death issue facing our veterans. There is no room in state government for individuals who callously point fingers and attempt to skirt their own responsibilities.”
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Mendoza “offshoring” bill clears Senate
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* AP…
Illinois lawmakers have sent Gov. Bruce Rauner legislation requiring him and his successors to use governor’s office funds to pay people who work for them.
The Senate vote 46-7 Thursday to eliminate what’s called “off-shoring” of salaries . For decades, governors of both parties have made their payrolls look leaner by paying some employees who work for them out of other agencies’ budgets.
The legislation was produced by Democratic state Comptroller Susana Mendoza.
Voting “No” today were Republican Senators Althoff, Leader Brady, Oberweis, Rose, Syverson, Tracy and Weaver.
The bill unanimously passed the House.
* Press release…
Bruce Rauner can make a lasting, positive mark on Illinois government by outlawing the practice of concealing governor’s office salaries within state agency budgets, a practice known as “offshoring,” State Senator Andy Manar said today.
The Illinois Senate today approved the Truth in Hiring Act with bipartisan support. The accountability and transparency measure, sponsored by Manar in the Senate, will be sent to the governor’s desk.
“Offshoring didn’t start under this governor’s watch, but certainly he can be the governor who puts a stop to it,” Manar said.
The Truth in Hiring Act simply says that every employee who works in the governor’s office will be paid from the governor’s payroll. Their salaries will be counted in the governor’s budget and will not be pulled from agencies that are supposed to protect children and the elderly or put state troopers out patrolling highways.
Nearly 60 percent of employees working for Rauner’s office currently are paid by state agencies with funds intended for priorities such as economic development, public safety and child protection.
Offshoring has been utilized by Illinois governors, Democratic and Republican, for years to make it appear their office budgets are smaller than they actually are. Examples include paying an education advisor to the governor $250,000 from the Department of Human Services budget or a deputy chief of staff to the governor $140,000 from the Illinois State Police budget.
The measure was an initiative of Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza. It was approved with no opposition in the House.
“Signing the Truth in Hiring Act shouldn’t require much soul-searching by Gov. Rauner when it lands on his desk,” Manar said. “I urge him to enact it and join lawmakers of both parties and the comptroller in claiming a victory for Illinois taxpayers.”
Everybody’s done it. Mendoza and Manar both voted for budgets that funded it. Signing this bill into law won’t change a whole lot, but the time has finally come to end it.
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It’s just a bill
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* I’ve been following this bill and bills like it with subscribers for weeks. I’ve discovered that the topic is one of the better ways of explaining this year’s session, with one more observation to come tomorrow…
Legislation designed to close a revolving door through which carjacking suspects often return to the street within 24 hours of their arrests passed the Illinois Senate on Wednesday.
The bill, approved by a vote of 56-0, must pass the House before the governor can decide whether to sign it. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing for the bill.
In February, the Sun-Times reported that dozens of juveniles were charged in Chicago with pointing guns at motorists and stealing their cars, but few were detained longer than a day.
Some went on to commit other crimes — including carjackings — after they were released on electronic monitoring, records show. […]
The bill would put the burden on juvenile advocates to prove their clients should be freed until their cases are resolved. If the judge decides to detain a juvenile on allegations of carjacking, the suspect would have to undergo a psychological evaluation.
* Other bills…
* Editorial: A stand against public-paid golden parachutes: A report by the Better Government Association tallied 11 examples since 2009 of six-figure severance packages. Together, they cost taxpayers more than $5.2 million. Two bills before the Illinois General Assembly would curtail such practices. Senate Bill 3604, introduced by state Sen. Tom Cullerton of Villa Park, would cap severance payouts to equal 20 weeks of pay. It would eliminate severance pay for public employees fired for misconduct. It passed the Senate on Wednesday and moves to the House.
* Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school: The Senate voted 34-18 Wednesday on the plan by Chicago Democratic Sen. Heather Steans. It would require schools to teach a history unit on the role in society and contributions of gays, lesbians and other LGBT individuals.
* Op-Ed: Why Huck Finn could stop smart consolidation effort: The legislation, filed by state Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, would allow two or more local school boards to agree to share the costs of a single superintendent, or allow voters in multiple school districts to force superintendent consolidation, according to a recent story from Illinois News Network’s Benjamin Yount. To force a shared superintendent, 51 percent of voters in each school district would have to agree to do so at the ballot box.
* Illinois Senate approves plan that would allow police to monitor large crowds with drones: Another measure that cleared the Senate would prevent the state from suspending someone’s professional license for falling behind on student loan payments. Supporters including Attorney General Lisa Madigan say it doesn’t make sense to limit someone’s ability to earn a living while also asking them to pay off debt. Current law allows for someone’s professional license to be suspended or revoked for falling behind on loan payments for dozens of professions, including teachers, engineers, veterans and therapists.
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Locusts!
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Elyssa Cherney at the Tribune…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about a rise in insect-borne diseases — and Illinois is right up there, ranking sixth among states with the most mosquito-related illnesses.
Between 2004 and 2016 nationwide, diseases from mosquito, tick and flea bites tripled to more than 640,000 cases, according to the study released Tuesday.
Illinois saw the number of mosquito- and tick-borne diseases jump from 226 in 2004 to 772 in 2016, according to CDC data. Data for flea-borne illness couldn’t be located for those individual years. […]
The most common type of tick-borne illnesses was Lyme disease, the report said. In the time period examined by the CDC, 352 cases of Lyme disease were reported.
* Despite the headline (explained here) this is definitely not a joking matter. Here’s my old pal Kristen Strawbridge…
Hi friends. You probably haven’t heard from me in too long, and that is not intentional. Many apologies for being out of touch. I have been struggling for years with rapidly declining health, and I chose to suffer in silence, but I’m not doing that anymore. I desperately want to live again, and I need help and support to do that.
I’ve been sick for over six years and have seen so many doctors. It’s a very long story, so to put it simply, my body and my brain are broken. I’m fighting Late-Stage Lyme Disease, Endometriosis, and Severe Fibromyalgia. These three monsters cause pain storms that are indescribable. I’ve been totally disabled for three years, and I have had a constant fever for that time too. It’s an ongoing battle with debilitating fatigue, wipespread severe pain, brain fog, neurological issues, muscle twitching and spasming, extreme weakness, migraines, dizziness, vision problems, and disturbances in heart rhythm. I could go on, but you get the idea. I’m basically bedridden and forced to live a life on the sidelines. If you know me at all, you know that’s heartbreaking for me.
If you can’t place the name, here’s a pic…
* Kristen sent me an e-mail asking for help sending people to her GoFundMe page. Here’s the end of it…
Thank you for considering this. I still read the blog several times a day, and I really miss being there sometimes. It’s a lonely disease. I hope you are well.
Click here.
* Related…
* Rep. Swanson passes “Lauryn Russell Lyme Disease Prevention & Protection Law” in honor of Mercer County student
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* This is so bizarre…
Doug Finke: So you filed a suit against the Senate Leadership.
Sen. Sam McCann: Senate Republican Leadership.
Finke: Correct. Uh, why? You were trying to talk to them, were you not?
McCann: This is a classic case of taxation without representation and tyranny. The tyrannical Rauner has instructed his cronies who are in charge of the Senate Republican Leadership to do this, and what they’re essentially doing and what we’re trying to see restored is the ability to represent my constituents adequately. So way the taxpayer dollars flows — this isn’t about campaign dollars, this is about taxpayer dollars — when the taxpayer dollars come through the doors for legislative purposes, it gets divided four ways. The money that had always traveled to my office traveled through the conduit of the Republican caucus. So all we want is to receive the services that every elected Senator receives. I’m not worried about going back into the caucus room with the caucus. I’m not worried about them accepting me. What I am concerned about are my constituents who are being denied due process and the ability to be served adequately.
Mark Maxwell: To follow up on that, isn’t that just a little bit exaggerated? You still have the right to vote. You still have the right to debate on the floor. You still have LRB (Legislative Reference Bureau), LRU (Legislative Research Unit). How is your power as a legislator in any way void from what it was two weeks ago?
McCann: I think the way you phrased that question shows me you are not an honest arbiter in this process. Obviously, you’re with, uh, you’re with other folks in this process.
Oh, come on. Is Sam really implying that Maxwell is a Raunerite?
That’s just nuts.
* Moving right along…
Maxwell: I’m asking you…
McCann: If you don’t believe $30 million dollars comes into this building every year to be divided amongst 118 reps and 59 senators… That goes for constituent services out in the district. It goes for bill analysis. It goes for coordination of committees, coordination of the bills, where they are, where they’re dispositioned. None of that has happened. When my visitors come here, when constituents from my district come here, they send their kids here on an 8th grade field trip, they expect to get a picture back home. When Bill Brady says he’s not going to allow photographers to take a photo? You think that’s fair? You don’t think that’s not being… You think that’s not a diminishment? You don’t think that’s taxpayers… that’s taxation without representation?
He’s still focused on the photographer? Seriously?
* It gets “better”…
Maxwell: I think it’s less important than your vote. I think a staffer could take a picture with their iPhone.
McCann: I disagree with you. I disagree with you. And I think that this shows that you’re nothing more than a yellow journalist.
Sounds downright Trumpian. Get over yourself, dude.
* Skipping ahead a bit…
McCann: The dollars flow through one of four conduits. They either need to or continue the flow of taxpayer dollars for taxpayer services through that conduit or develop a fifth conduit. One or the other.
Maxwell: Maybe I’m missing something. Can you describe… You keep referring to this pool of money. Can you describe where it comes from and what it’s allocated for…
McCann: It’s taxpayer dollars.
Maxwell: Well, I get that, but…
McCann: I don’t think you do. I don’t think you’re listening to me. I’ve told you multiple times it’s taxpayer dollars. You pay your taxes. It comes into the state Treasury…
Maxwell: What does it get you in return? If you’re still in the Senate caucus, what things would you have that you don’t have right now.
McCann: I’ve already went over that with you.
Maxwell: So you still have access to LRB, LRU, right? These are still things… You can go down and draft legislation. Right? What am I missing?
McCann: Mark, You wonder why I…
Maxwell: I’m not a lawmaker. I don’t know how it works. You’ve got to tell me.
McCann: You’re a joke.
Yeah, Sam’s really got that gubernatorial temperament thing down pat. Sheesh.
* Skipping ahead again…
Finke: And are the Senate Republicans pressuring you into leaving early, do you think?
McCann: I have no idea.
Maxwell: Tim Butler called for you to resign last week.
McCann: And I would call for him to resign because he doesn’t listen to his district. He doesn’t care. He was appointed by Rauner as a Raunerite. He does nothing more than follow Rauner’s directives and orders and there are a lot of people in his district who feel that they’re not being represented well. And of course, he’s never really faced the electorate in a challenge so I guess we don’t know.
Maxwell: Just to make this point, I’m repeating what I heard from other people today who told me that you still have all of this access. So I’m just asking. I truly don’t know…
McCann: And again, I don’t know how many times do I need to repeat it for you. So we have in district services that we offer. At this point, we don’t even know…
Maxwell: You still have district staff, right?
McCann: I do, but we don’t know if she will be paid or not.
Maxwell: Really?
McCann: That should have to be determined.
Maxwell: Who would decide that?
McCann: Evidently, Bill Brady. That’s why we had to bring the lawsuit.
Maxwell: Has there been a threat that she would not be paid?
McCann: When other services are cut off, we don’t know. We don’t know where that line is at. That’s what we’re trying to determine.
He filed the lawsuit over his district office allotment? That’s not what the lawsuit says. (Also, his allotment is guaranteed by statute.)
* But, really, get a thicker skin, Sam. And if you think Maxwell can be tough, try sitting down with Mary Ann Ahern, or Carol Marin, or Mike Flannery, or Rick Pearson, or Amanda Vinicky, or a whole lot of others. This doesn’t get any easier, bub. Welcome to the jungle.
[Headline was changed after friendly advice from a grammar cop.]
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Behind Madigan’s graduated tax resolution
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Politico makes a good point today that Speaker Madigan’s graduated tax resolution means nothing legislatively because nothing will actually get on the ballot this year…
(C)hanging our system from a flat tax to a graduated income tax requires a constitutional amendment. It’s too late to get the question before voters on the November ballot, which means the earliest that could happen is 2020.
This push for a new tax system comes from progressives, who harness much of the party energy and are pressuring Madigan to impose a structure they say shifts the tax burden onto the wealthiest and away from the poor and middle class. It’s a longtime favorite of organized labor, too.
Recall that nearly every Democrat who ran for governor supported the progressive income tax. How can Madigan, fresh from the primaries, close out the legislative session without addressing it? Republicans say the proposed change is riddled with flaws, including the risk of giving politicians too much leeway over tax hikes.
So by appearing to take action, Madigan is keeping GOP assaults at bay while throwing a bone to his party base, including labor. Whether that’s a sustainable way to fend off constant assaults to his dual roles of power remains to be seen.
The House held a committee hearing on Madigan’s proposal yesterday in Chicago.
* Mark Brown also makes a good point…
So why do this now?
Because Pritzker made clear his support for a graduated income tax during this year’s Democratic primary, and Rauner, who opposes the change, has shown he plans to make his opposition a central element of his re-election campaign. […]
One way or the other, it sure looks as if Democrats decided they’d be better off playing offense on this issue than defense.
Pritzker supports it, so why shy away now? Might as well embrace it. Will it work? Well, that’s why we have elections. Let’s get this settled one way or the other.
* And check out this Tribune headline and lede…
Illinois Republicans blast Democratic income tax resolution as election-year politics
Lawmakers on Wednesday sparred over a proposal to change the state’s tax structure, with Democrats expressing support for taxing higher earners more than low-income taxpayers while Republicans decried the idea as an attempt at “class warfare” to score political points ahead of the November election.
So, for all their bluster, the Republicans know they have at least some vulnerablity on this, too.
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* If he does raise $5 million, he won’t be the lowest spender. But where will his money come from? It’s not like the cash-rich CTU is gonna be a big contributor. They were furious when Gov. Pat Quinn put Vallas on the 2014 ticket. And the downtown money is pretty much all with Mayor Emanuel. Out of state? Maybe. Could this be Chris Kennedy Part 2? I dunno. But after working with Kennedy, Bill Daley has popped his head up again to criticize the mayor. Wait and see, I suppose…
After declining to say earlier this week how much money he hopes to raise for his mayoral campaign, Paul Vallas gave reporters a goal during his campaign kickoff Wednesday.
“Our goal is to raise a minimum $3 million and we hope to raise $5 million,” he said. “When we release our financial reports in June, I think you’ll see a healthy balance.”
So far, Vallas doesn’t have much of a balance. In fact, he hasn’t reported any contributions of at least $1,000 since he filed the paperwork creating his campaign fund on April 2. […]
“I don’t think it’s essential. I’m not convinced I need it,” [Vallas told the Tribune earlier this week about campaign money]. “Suffice to say, I will be the candidate who spends the least on TV ads.”
Instead, Vallas said he will rely on “human infrastructure,” saying he has numerous campaign volunteers at the ready, will visit all of the city’s neighborhoods and hopes Chicagoans echo his efforts on social media.
Emanuel has already raised $5.7 million this cycle.
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Dueling press releases
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Rauner campaign…
JB Pritzker’s Graduated Income Tax Hike Would Crush Small Businesses
During Small Business Week, we recognize how important they are to Illinois. There are 1.2 million small businesses in Illinois, and they make up 98.2% of all businesses in the state. They employ more than 2.4 million Illinoisans representing 46.4% of the workforce.
Most small businesses are subject to individual income taxes, and they would be hit hard by JB Pritzker’s graduated income tax hike. Pritzker talks about taxing the wealthy, but the reality is that his tax hike will devastate the vast majority of small businesses and their employees.
“JB Pritzker is so out-of-touch that he’s pushing a tax hike on small businesses while dodging his own taxes by hiding money offshore and ripping toilets out of his mansion. You can’t trust Pritzker when it comes to taxes; he’s a tax cheat pushing tax hikes.” - Alex Browning, Rauner campaign spokesman
* Pritzker campaign…
Lie of the Week: Rauner Administration Repeatedly Lied About Cost of Quincy Veterans’ Home Fixes
Chicago, IL – Today, the Pritzker campaign continues their weekly series holding Bruce Rauner accountable for his frequent lies. With over 70% of Rauner’s 18 fact checks rated “half true” or worse, the truth is clear: Bruce Rauner is a liar.
The Quincy Veterans’ Home crisis killed 13 and infected dozens, but despite the threat to our state’s heroes Bruce Rauner and his administration repeatedly lied about potential fixes. In 2016, a hidden Rauner administration report estimated the cost of fixing the plumbing at $8 million, only for the administration to later claim that the cost could be anywhere from $30 million to $500 million. Rauner’s administration repeatedly misled lawmakers and the public in a desperate attempt to avoid taking responsibility for the ongoing crisis in Quincy.
“Bruce Rauner released a plan for the Quincy Veterans’ Home after three years of lies and mismanagement,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “Our heroes and their loved ones have no reason to believe this failed governor who refuses to take responsibility for his constant crises.”
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