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* Bernie…
MARK SHAW, president of the Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois, was removed last week by Democratic Gov. J.B. PRITZKER as a trustee of the Teachers’ Retirement System.
Shaw, who is also Lake County Republican chairman, was named to the expenses-only post by then-Gov. BRUCE RAUNER in August 2018. Shaw had been serving in a term that was supposed to last until July 2022, but he never got Senate confirmation. Pritzker has also removed or replaced four others named by Rauner. One Rauner appointee, LAURA PEARL of Glenview, was confirmed by the Senate and remains on the board. […]
“It was disappointing to be removed precipitously like this,” Shaw said. He said in his 8 ½ months there, “I’ve served with a bunch of fine people” on the board and staff. “I think we accomplished quite a bit.” He noted that the board had all 13 members in recent months, until recent changes reduced membership to 10. […]
Shaw made some news last spring when, after the March primary, he challenged TIM SCHNEIDER for the chairmanship of the state GOP. Shaw had the support of then-state Rep. JEANNE IVES, who nearly defeated Rauner in the primary.
Ultimately, with agreement from Rauner and Schneider, a deal was reached to keep Schneider as chairman, but to also to have Shaw become a co-chair of the GOP and the president of the county chairs’ group.
* Petrella…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday named a former longtime Democratic leader in the Illinois House to a $117,000-per-year job on the state’s Pollution Control Board.
Former House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, a South Side Democrat who served 40 years in the General Assembly, announced in September 2017 that she wouldn’t seek another term. Currie was the first woman to be named majority leader in the House and served as Speaker Michael Madigan’s top deputy for more than 20 years.
In a news release announcing a batch of nearly two dozen appointments, the Democratic governor’s office praised Currie as “a champion for clean air and water.” […]
Currie, whose Pollution Control Board term ends June 30, 2021, replaces board member U-Jung Choe, whom then-Gov. Bruce Rauner appointed in April 2018.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 9:34 am
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You gotta love how the Gov announces appointments to these committees and boards and provides a long description of their experience and “credentials” like he actually considered that as part of the decision-making. Clearly, he’s just putting the same type of people in the positions, just a different political stripe.
That’s the process, so let’s not try and look like it’s something that it isn’t.
Comment by Anon Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 9:53 am
–“It was disappointing to be removed precipitously like this,” Shaw said.–
Dude, it’s almost May. Hardly “precipitously.” You’ve never even been confirmed.
Comment by wordslinger Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 9:57 am
What took JB so long to remove all those Rauner appointees from their positions?
And not only here with these commissions, but within the agencies and Departments as well.
Comment by illini Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 10:06 am
More hypocrisy from an extreme partisan Governor who brags about “reaching across the aisle”
Comment by Lucky Pierre Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 10:48 am
Little known fact: BFC’s late husband, David Currie, was the first Chairman of the Pollution Control Board and the principal author of the underlying statute. That’s a really nice move by JB.
Comment by Dan Johnson Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 10:59 am
Some of these committees pay their board members way too much compared to the work involved. Not only does each board member get paid, but the board has a large staff that probably ends up doing most of the work anyway.
Comment by Chicagonk Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 11:28 am
Mark Shaw (or someone in Lake County Republicans) keeps posting racist and other off-color memes on the group’s Facebook page.
Shaw was even quoted in the Daily Herald defending the memes.
Good move by the new Governor to clean out some nasty leftovers.
Comment by Anono Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 6:35 pm
The PCB is a patronage backwater. Quinn put Ed Burke’s daughter on it.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 8:20 pm
==Little known fact: BFC’s late husband, David Currie, was the first Chairman of the Pollution Control Board and the principal author of the underlying statute. That’s a really nice move by JB.==
David was terrific - one of UC’s great law professors. He was and Barbara is splendid, and I’m glad her health allows her to do this.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 29, 19 @ 8:44 pm