* This could be good. NBC 5…

After a war of words over Chicago Public Schools funding, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel will stand together Thursday to announce hundreds of jobs coming to the South Side of the city.

The two are slated to announce the expansion of a Flex-N-Gate facility that’s expected to create at least 300 new manufacturing jobs. […]

Thursday’s announcement is common ground for Emanuel and Rauner after a lengthy, public vocal battle between the two.

“The state of Illinois has to do the most fundamental. Pass a budget, balanced budget, fully fund education. We are seeing the consequences of a governor who has never ever in his entire 22 months as governor once introduced a budget,” Emanuel said.

Emanuel’s office said there would be no media availability after the event. Rauner’s office didn’t say one way or the other, which usually indicates he’ll answer questions.

* Anyway, part of this Rauner administration response from Eleni Demertzis was quoted in the above article. It’s not exactly on-topic, but good enough for our purposes…

CPS’ crisis is not due to the budget impasse, it’s due to decades of fiscal mismanagement. Instead of pointing fingers and blaming decades of fiscal mismanagement on a governor who has been in office for two years, CPS officials and the Mayor should be here in Springfield demanding that the comptroller prioritize our schools and urging lawmakers to pass a balanced budget that includes pension reform that will in return secure the $215 million in funding for CPS.

The mayor should be more involved. I agree.

But I don’t know how they can continue to blame the comptroller for not paying bills with an empty bank account. Well, actually, I do know how they can do this. Anything and everything that distracts from the governor’s own culpability is thrown at the media.

*** UPDATE ***  Not exactly friendly…

Not sure 2 chairs is enough distance… #RahmvsRauner pic.twitter.com/bvFUCwpMKa

— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) May 11, 2017

Here we go pic.twitter.com/ROzJPHtsyH

— Tony Arnold (@tonyjarnold) May 11, 2017