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* 2:15 pm - The governor just announced he had vetoed SB 1197, which funds social service grants, among other things. More in a few.
Here’s a brief video of the veto ceremony. Watch how hard he whacks the bill with his veto stamp. Funny…
* From SEIU..
“Governor Quinn did the right thing today by rejecting a budget that would force deep cuts to vital services millions of Illinois families depend on. Now it’s time for the General Assembly to come back to Springfield and finally do their job by passing a fair income tax increase that provides enough revenue to stop these devastating cuts to home care, child care and vital human services.”
- Keith Kelleher, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana President
* From Dan Hynes, in response to Quinn’s statement that providers of state services do so in the new fiscal year “at the risk of not being paid”…
The governor’s statement is the wrong message and borders on the irresponsible.
* 2:32 pm - Speaker Madigan is expected to hold a Statehouse presser soon. Stay tuned.
Anybody else notice that the state’s main website is down at the moment? What, did they not pay their hosting bill?
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:15 pm
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Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:19 pm
Astounding! He actually did what he said he would do. The Flip-Flops must be at the shoe shop getting a new soul.
Comment by A Citizen Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:21 pm
I’m not sure winning a hand with 9 high constitute bragging rights
Comment by John Bambenek Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:22 pm
I like how he holds it up afterward for all to see. Like a new father holding his veto baby.
Comment by Sewanee Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:24 pm
Atta Boy Gov! It’s not what you say that people respect it’s what you do, and today you did the right thing. And that aint no flip flop.
Comment by Reality Check Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:26 pm
Ok, ok, so did he veto any of the other budget bills? If he wants maximum pressure for his budget, why not veto the state operations bill?
Comment by Josh Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:28 pm
Good move. Let’s see if he has the guts to stick to his guns.
Comment by Niles Township Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:30 pm
Last night he lobbied against 70%, today he vetoes 50%. Somehow I don’t think Maddie and the Mushrooms are going to react at all well to this feeble attempt at pressure. They might just send him a 40% budget next.
Comment by Bill Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:30 pm
Left out of the SEIU statement: Governor Quinn stuck his thumb in the eye of many more millions of Illinois taxpayers who fund all of these programs brought to you by special interests. As a massive recession rages and taxpaying families have seen their net worth decimated by housing losses, IRA values falling, and job cutbacks, he has opted for increased taxation rather than living within the state’s means. He hopes, and we here at SEIU hope, that common taxpayers don’t organize themselves as our groups do and continue to pay without protest. Why cut anything when we hold all the power through voter apathy and strategic campaign donations?
Comment by walter sobchak Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:31 pm
Great video Rich! The dramatic stamping exercise is like watching a little kid play Governor. At least he isn’t into playing to the camera’s like Blagojevich.
Comment by Child's Play Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:37 pm
The state site has been down for about a hour or 2.
Comment by Idontgetit Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:38 pm
Governor SMASH!!!
Comment by Oh Patty Boy... Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:40 pm
On blackberry right now and don’t recall, what are the #s for the other budget bills that were sent to gov?
Comment by John Bambenek Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:40 pm
He shoulda stopped after the dramatic thump of the rubber stamp. (Can’t believe Blago never used that gimmick, or perhaps he feared getting an ink stain on the Oxxford suit)
Everything after that was vintage Pat Quinn, the platitudinous poltroon.
Enough.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:41 pm
Any idea as to whether Quinn will call lawmakers back before the proposed July 14 date?
Comment by Time out Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:42 pm
A family member of mine works in social services, and as a result of this, they were forced to lay off 10% of their staff today. What a joke. Rah, rah, SEIU.
Comment by Donnie Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:42 pm
Whew! I’m SO glad it wasn’t just me having problems with the state website today.
Comment by transplant Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:45 pm
I can get to the state’s main website from my computer and phone. Is it still down for anyone?
Comment by website probs Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:46 pm
Well, fair is the operative word here.
To me, fair would be he makes the $2billion in cuts (transparency paramount, website we can check to verify), temporary personal tax increase (2 years max), no more than 1 percentage point increase and corporate increase to maximum permitted by personal increase, return to orginally proposed personal exemption increase. With that, it’s up to him and his Blago budgeteers how he manages state government. Borrowing and successfully closing some corporate loopholes, 3 percent upfront witholding on independent contractors, the possibilities are many and varied. Might take a little thought and a little work.
Comment by Cassandra Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:47 pm
He has a veto stamp? I thought that just happened on Schoolhouse rock
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 2:52 pm
OneMan-
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just get one on ebay?
Comment by Mom to 50 Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 3:04 pm
Try il.gov instead of illinois.gov. It worked for me.
Comment by Jimmre Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 3:12 pm
The state website is running just fine right now.
Comment by Segatari Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 3:31 pm
Wait a minute….the Governor wants money for social service programs. The General Assembly appropriates every penny the State has and that only covers 50% of the social service grants. The Governor decides he wants more money. The Governor vetoes the bill that provides 50% - now he has nothing.
After flip-flopping, what guarantee is there that he’ll even get 50% now? I’m with Hynes. This is totally irresponsible.
WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY! Take what you can get, work to stretch each dollar, keep some services, cut some services, and then spend the next few weeks/months trying to get an income tax increase. Why does he think shutting down government will provoke people to support a tax increase? Showing people that govt provides less services isn’t exactly going to convince them that we need to raise taxes.
Comment by huh? Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 4:10 pm
GOOD, Donnie. It’s a start. Time you state workers took some hits. Your family is no more important than MINE. Quit stealing my wages. Cut, cut, cut. 17000+ private sector jobs lost in IL in May. 10000 state worker cut in one fell swoop will be JUST the tonic. Blue collar working poor here.
Comment by Mary, Sterling Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 7:02 pm
This was an interesting experience for me. Pure photo op for photographers and video only. My first.
I hesitated about going in for a while, then decided what the heck. Quinn’s press staff was very nice when they gently explained the groundrules, acknowledging that I was a complete newbie.
Weird.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jul 1, 09 @ 7:11 pm