Rauner: “A key lesson in a turnaround is go big, go strong, go fast early. You don’t wait around; you don’t think about it; you don’t wonder.”

http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/article/20150306/NEWS/150309502/?Start=1  “Currently, the state has over 800 accounts and 263 accounting systems, which makes transparency difficult … it’s extremely antiquated. I want to make the system more efficient.”

A report prepared in connection with litigation confirmed “that previous governors were engaged in a corrupt bargain with government unions,’’ by making “illegal political hires” and then putting them into “protected government union positions,” according to Rauner’s office. via Rauner moves to identify all state patronage hires given union protection | Chicago.

“Who’s to blame for jamming low-income parents and their child care subsidies? The Democrats who knowingly passed a half-baked spending plan last May? Or Rauner, who took office in January?” via Illinois Democratic legislators are suffering from memory loss – Chicago Tribune.

http://www.rebootillinois.com/2015/03/05/editors-picks/kevin-hoffmanrebootillinois-com/taxpayer-burden-in-illinois-keeps-rising-falls-in-neighboring-states/34427/

Quinn to receive millions in pension payments

Illinois riverboat casinos brought in just over $109.7 million in February, a 5% drop from January and a 4.9% drop from February of last year. Des Plaines Casino brought in just over $31 million in February. http://www.wjol.com/common/more.php?m=15&r=3&item_id=65861

Go ahead, Governor. Kill the Illiana. It would be a big relief to property owners — and to Illinois taxpayers. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illiana-expressway-editorial-20150306-story.html

The Office of Coal Marketing and Development at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity would be reduced from eight employees to zero. The proposal, which would save $25 million, has opposition. http://www.pantagraph.com/business/local/rauner-wants-to-cut-coal-office/article_f9a5ecd7-e414-5f1b-88be-239305010854.html