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* This tweet set off a chain reaction of sorts…
.@GovRauner statement: "Our sun is broken and Madigan wants to keep it that way. We must reform our broken solar system." #twill
— Radical Candor (@RadicalCandorIL) August 21, 2017
Brady and Durkin: What he said
— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) August 22, 2017
Speaker Madigan: The moon behaved in the extreme and must be overridden
— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) August 22, 2017
Cullerton: Having been in Madigan's shadow for 40 years, now you all know how I feel.
— John Amdor (@JohnAmdor) August 22, 2017
Greg Baise: Hardworking ultraviolet light manufacturers are being crushed by sky-high workers comp costs.
— John Amdor (@JohnAmdor) August 22, 2017
That one about Cullerton still cracks me up.
* Don’t look at the sun, Leslie!!!…
* Umm…
* But the Chicago Tribune editorial board was its usual downer self…
We’re sure that will be a thrilling sight. But there’s another eclipse in Illinois that isn’t thrilling — or so brief.
This eclipse doesn’t occur only on Aug. 21.
It is happening every day.
You don’t need special glasses to see it.
Just keep your eyes open to the grim, familiar evidence of Illinois in eclipse:
Job seekers and company execs who cross Illinois off their lists early because of its toxic political and business climate.
Droves of students who flee to financially stable out-of-state universities.
For sale signs that sprout galore. Illinois in eclipse has led the nation in population loss three years in a row. (Such a three-year streak has happened only one other time since 1900, during World War II.)
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:26 am
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===Droves of students who flee to financially stable out-of-state universities.===
Gov. Rauner vetoed the funding for state universities.
The Democrats, in a bipartisan move with Sen. Righter and 15, then later 10 House Republicans, saved funding for Illinois’ state universities.
Rauner vetoed. But, Chicago Trib Edit Board, you already knew that…
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:29 am
Thankfully I still have my eclipse glasses so I can safely look at the Tribune Editorial page.
Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:33 am
Wow, a hurricane, an eclipse — that Katrina is some fancy writer in her own mind,
She can take any topic on her mind that day and bend it to her Rauner/IPI-issued chanting points.
“The Illinois pension system is like piles. It won’t get better with quick-fix ointments. It needs painful but necessary surgery…”
Comment by wordslnger Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:37 am
Best. Post. Ever.
Comment by Come on man! Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:37 am
So the Trib is worried about state universities now?
Charming.
Have they ever advocated for more robust state funding?
What a joke of a paper (editorial side, at least).
Comment by Blue Bayou Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:38 am
Madigan and the celestial bodies he controls…
Comment by Steve Rogers Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:39 am
“Have they ever advocated for more robust state funding?” - Why, the State spends whatever they want whether they have the revenue or not? $250 billion pension debt and unfunded retiree healthcare to name two. Cost at Illinois Universities were driving away students before the budget crisis.
Comment by Arock Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:46 am
Michael Madigan and the cloud cover he controls.
Comment by Hamlet's Ghost Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:54 am
Trump, Munger, Rauner prove they can defy science and face off with the “so called” Eclipse. As usual , leading by example
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:58 am
What is it about wealthy elected officials and looking at the eclipse without protective glasses? Does 1.4% and drumpf really believe that the sun won’t blind them?
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 10:58 am
The ‘clipse was the best
TG no one even looks much at Katrina and the Edit Board (probably why she flunked here IPI entrance test).
Does anyone else think Wingeee has bulked up?
Comment by Annonin' Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 11:06 am
‘Eclipse reaches 99.3% of totality. A dissatisfied Rauner raises his hands towards the sky in disgust; heads home.’
Comment by Cubs in '16 Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 1:11 pm
IL solar system returns to normal: bills, vetoes, overrides; rinse, wash, repeat.
Comment by dbk Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 3:18 pm