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posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 9:02 am

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1. Sent late last night:
   In acknowledgement of your demonstrated interest in Illinois school funding, please find below an invitation to a briefing on the Governor’s proposed school year 2017-18 K-12 budget to take place tomorrow, 2/15 at 9:45am in Springfield.

   Our apologies for the late notice.

   Briefing: Proposed FY18 K-12 Budget
   9:45am, Wednesday, February 15
   Large Conference Room at Illinois Board of Higher Education
   1 North Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 333
   Springfield, IL 62701

   Comment by winners and losers Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 9:06 am

2. Forest- the only person you should be blaming is your old boss who spent the pension’ fully funded money so he could spend with abandon without raising taxes. That guy was Daley not Rauner so go take a hike

   Comment by Sue Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 9:30 am

3. Thanks.
   Budget address at noon.
   What’s the big secret?

   Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 9:31 am

4. =the only person you should be blaming is your old boss who spent the pension’ fully funded money so he could spend with abandon without raising taxes. That guy was Daley not Rauner so go take a hike.=

   Republicans had control over all three branches of Illinois government in 1995.
   So, who gave Daley carte blanche to raid the pension funds?
   The Republicans did this.

   Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 10:41 am

5. While Rome burns the blame games continue

   GROW UP and Do your job

   Comment by Etown Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:02 pm

6. Did the Guv just announce a new tax on raisins?

   What else did he mean when he said “raisin taxes”?

   Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:09 pm

7. Can he just learn to pronounce the letter “G”? I’d take that as progress.

   Comment by Name Withheld Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:12 pm

8. Is the hands behind the back a new “thing”?

   Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:16 pm

9. LOL. Rauner lies about presenting balanced budget and then admonishes the Dems not to go to the press and tell them the truth.

   Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:20 pm

10. More money for MAP grants!? Thus guy can’t even pay out what the state currently owes, crippling the middle class lifeline of thousands of students in this state. Another Rauner con

    Comment by Precinct Captain Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:24 pm

11. You folks all are so biased that you reflect the partisan breakdown infecting the State and Country. If the Dems made any effort to accommodate even 20 percent of the Governors reform agenda the budget would have already been agreed to. Rauner is willing to go 5 on income taxes but Madigan and his cohorts just rather wait for a new Governor and let the state suffer do it helps their campaign

    Comment by Sue Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:57 pm

12. And not a single word about Higher Education ( other than the MAP grants that are not being paid now ).

    So long EIU, Chicago State, and other Regionals not to mention my Alma Mater.

    Comment by illini Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 12:58 pm

13. He doesn’t want to tax retirement income?
    Hmmmmmmmmm.
    He and his Wall Street buddies must have multimillion dollar defined benefit plans set up for themselves.

    Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 1:15 pm

14. =Business owners across the country are forced to make hard decisions to manage soaring health costs.=
    Business owners across the industrialized world aren’t burdened with employee health care costs because they all have single payer health care.
    Why is THAT not a competitive disadvantage?

    Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 1:28 pm

15. “Most Illinois families have seen their health insurance premiums skyrocket…So imagine what Illinois families think when they hear our state employees get ‘Cadillac platinum” coverage for barely more than bronze rates.”
    Loosely translated:
    Imagine…those greedy public workers want affordable healthcare for everyone, whereas I want affordable healthcare for NO ONE.

    Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 1:35 pm

16. It’s Jesse.

    Geez.

    Comment by dray Wednesday, Feb 15, 17 @ 3:22 pm

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