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Speaker Madigan will support two-year term for new comptroller

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* From Steve Brown…

FYI

Another special proclamation has been prepared allowing the special election applying to all appropriate constitutional offices.

Speaker Madigan stated he will support the legislation on Thursday

The new proclamation, issued by Madigan and Senate President Cullerton, is here.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 2:53 pm

Comments

“House - Gavel in, Gavel out” = 0%

Who goes to court to stop the new law upon signature?

What members are going to vote “No”?

Yikes….

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 2:56 pm
Game. Set. Match.

Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 2:57 pm
So a Special Election would have been required to fill the Lt. Governor’s position when Mr. Quinn took over for the impeached and convicted Rod Blagojevich? Hmmm…interesting to see a change of heart here.

Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 2:59 pm
===So a Special Election would have been required to fill the Lt. Governor’s position===

Nope. Quinn had no lite guv. You’d have to change the constitution for that one.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 2:59 pm
I believe the LG, as it has been, remains vacant upon a vacancy(?) in the Post.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:00 pm
If this goes through, Madigan is doing Rauner a favor right out of the box.

Who wants to spend time or political capital in their first days as governor haggling over who controls a few political jobs in the comptrollers office two years from now?

Rauner has a lot bigger problems to deal with. He doesn’t need to be explaining why he is against elections.

Comment by Wordslinger Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:05 pm
With the choice of Leslie Munger as Comptroller-Designate, will she take it upon herself to run 2016?

Does Leslie Munger now take on the persona of someone looking to face the voters in 2016, not the Executive looking to shut down, to “wind down” the Office of Comptroller?

Just thinking out loud…

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:06 pm
### ===So a Special Election would have been required to fill the Lt. Governor’s position===

Nope. Quinn had no lite guv. You’d have to change the constitution for that one. ###

If you read the Constitutional Convention transcripts you’d see the delegates didn’t think it was necessary to replace a Lt. Gov. vacancy. It has nothing to do with partisan politics. Makes you wonder why we don’t abolition the position totally. The only reason to have it around is to prevent the replacement of a Governor from one party by another elected official from the other.

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:11 pm
Gubernatorial succession is laid out in the Constitution. It goes in order of Lt Governor, the elected Attorney General, elected Secretary of State, and then as provided by law. A vacancy in Lt Gov is not filled. Succession for the other officers had never fully been addressed.

Comment by here we go Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:13 pm
Well at least Leslie won’t have to worry about a challenge from gollyjeepersjewski since he sent her such a glowing text.

Comment by William j Kelly Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:17 pm
Is Carol Sente the House sponsor?

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:21 pm
===Is Carol Sente the House sponsor?===

That’s fun…

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:22 pm
With tongue firmly planted in cheek, maybe the Speaker changed his position after seeing the highly qualified Comptroller designate.

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:24 pm
Norseman, I wouldn’t underestimate her if I were you.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:27 pm
Lt. Gov. is excluded because that would require a Constitutional amendment as that office remaining vacant is in a different section and not in the part at issue here allowing for special elections “as provided by law.”

Also the “emergency” language in the proclamation gets around the at least 4-day notice requirement in the Special Session Act.

Comment by Ron Burgundy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:27 pm
Rich, I can’t underestimate a person I don’t know much about. Just having a little snark fun. I would bet on one thing, whether it be 2016 or 2018, she’ll have plenty of money.

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:33 pm
===Just having a little snark fun===

I gotcha. Spent a good bit of time w her on the phone today.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:34 pm
The Speaker has spoken and so it shall be.

Comment by Tough Guy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:41 pm
Rich, on the phone? What a revolutionary idea.

Maybe the Tribbies should get a phone. That way, they could overcome that Titanic journalistic obstacle they cited the other day of trying to contact someone when they’re “traveling out of state.”

Comment by Wordslinger Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:42 pm
===Spent a good bit of time w her on the phone today.===

Huh. I thought she was travelling out of state until Saturday.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:42 pm
If I asked you to elaborate Rich, would that be a “subscribe”?

Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:43 pm
Of course.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:45 pm
In Arizona we have no lite Gov. IIRC, the Secretary of State is next in line if the Gov is no longer able to serve.

In Arizonna this is not such a big issue as in Illinois where frequent felonious gubernatorial behavior makes the position more critical.

Comment by Arizona Bob Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:46 pm
Gift from Madigan and Cullerton to Rauner, to get this vote out of the way now.

I hope Rauner realizes that.

If he’s really smart, he will get on the bandwagon, support the special election in the name of the voters, and take some of the credit.

Comment by walker Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:46 pm
So how would this work? will there be a primary for both the Dems and the Repubs??
If so …who do you think will jump into a primary from each side?
will A.A jump into a primary since he was eager to get the appointment, will ghoulish Grogan also jump in on the GOP side?
wonder who the Dems will have make the run at the seat!

what an interesting turn of events

Comment by bogglesone Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:46 pm
Do you give AARP discounts? Veterans preference?

Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:46 pm
So Mike Frerichs’ attempt to use the Jedi mind trick to get the Comptroller’s Office eliminated 2 years hence didn’t work on the Speaker?

Comment by SAP Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:51 pm
Almost since the day Judy died, this blog has been mocking Quinn, despite his having said virtually nothing in public to deserve it.

At the end, it appears that he got what he wanted.

I’m a Republican, happy about this solution. Just find it curious how wrong the conventional wisdom on this site has been regarding how Quinn handled this.

Comment by Quinn Win Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:56 pm
So how would this work? will there be a primary for both the Dems and the Repubs??
If so …who do you think will jump into a primary from each side?
will A.A jump into a primary since he was eager to get the appointment, will ghoulish Grogan also jump in on the GOP side?
wonder who the Dems will have make the run at the seat!

what an interesting turn of events

Comment by The third guy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:56 pm
====Spent a good bit of time w her on the phone today.===

Huh. I thought she was travelling out of state until Saturday=
Your are aware phone signals do travel across state lines!!!1

Comment by Apocalypse Now Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:58 pm
=== So Mike Frerichs’ attempt to use the Jedi mind trick to get the Comptroller’s Office eliminated 2 years hence didn’t work on the Speaker? ===

Frerichs needs to LOOK DOWN into the Speaker’s eyes when he tries the Jedi mind trick.

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:03 pm
Well, that’s that. Somebody will probably take it to court but the GA clearly has the authority to do this.

Comment by Demoralized Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:03 pm
===Your are aware phone signals do travel across state lines!!!1===

You should let the Tribune know.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:04 pm
“Norseman, I wouldn’t underestimate her if I were you.”
Yep and the Tribbies reminded us this morning that they called her “poised and whip smart” in their failed endorsement for her failed run for state rep.
“Whip Smart” worked in the horse and buggy days, many questions exist in the new “Shakey” Age

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:04 pm
Positives for Munger?

Nancy Kimme staying onboard.

Closeness to Rauner and his cash.

Nancy Kimme keeping the Topinka infrastructure intact.

Incumbency

Time

If the Dopes stop saying “outstanding” and all this puffery, they can make a “go” of this.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:16 pm
I predict that in 2016 there will be a whole bunch of people running for this office with each proclaiming that it should go away.

Comment by pundent Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:22 pm
Do you feel lucky today punk?

Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:26 pm
Oops sorry wrong thread

Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:27 pm
==- Quinn Win - Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 3:56 pm:==

Rauner’s bots aren’t known as Quinn lovers.

Comment by Precinct Captain Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:33 pm
===In Arizonna this is not such a big issue as in Illinois where frequent felonious gubernatorial behavior makes the position more critical.===

Yeah, in Arizona they just die, become federal appointees or become utter pariahs and liabilities. The state’s attorney general became governor once.

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With regards to a special election for Lt. Gov, it would have been harder logistically-Blagojevich was removed from office with less than 2 years left in his term.

Comment by GraduatedCollegeStudent Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:53 pm
Quinn certainly does deserve some credit on this. The Speaker probably would have come around to this eventually, but Quinn’s special session definitely forced his hand. I am not sure what Quinn gets from this unless he decides to run for Comptroller in 2 years (only partial snark here) but he certainly gets to poke Rauner in the eye on his way out. I’ve probably only said 5 nice thing about Quinn in the last 30 years, so here is number 6… Nicely played Governor.

Comment by Jaded Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 4:57 pm
Of course Madigan could still sit on this bill until after the inauguration….

Comment by Jaded Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 5:00 pm
==If the Dopes stop saying “outstanding” and all this puffery==

Exactly. Her resume is pretty thin for a constitutional office. That does not mean she won’t do well, but I have yet to see any commenters providing a solid backing for the “outstanding” and “excellent” assessments.

With respect to the bill, this is a no-brainer, and I was disappointed to see it politicized. Of course the voters should be allowed to weigh in at the next general election. That’s what we do for school board, state senate, and every office in between.

Ms. Munger will have a leg up, assuming she does a good job over the next year or two. It will be interesting to see if she gets a primary challenge, and it will be equally interesting to see which Dems throw their hats into the ring.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 5:08 pm
oooh, first the phone, soon the chair?

Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 5:13 pm
William Kelly just announced and I for one thinks he is serious .

Comment by 11th warder Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 5:20 pm
==not sure what Quinn gets from this unless he decides to run for Comptroller in 2 years (only partial snark here)==

That sounds…fun. Return of the Quinn!

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 7, 15 @ 5:57 pm
Smart move politically by the speaker. “Let the voters decide.” Rauner drags this to court and he drag the rest of the GOP down the toliet in 2016.

Comment by 75th district Thursday, Jan 8, 15 @ 6:16 am