Perhaps the lack of specifics is the byproduct of two extremely wealthy, self-funded candidates facing off. Rauner and Pritzker don’t need to “earn” free media coverage with policy rollouts and press conferences…. What are your grand plans for the next four years? The voters of Illinois need to hear them.

Rather than end the practice, many school districts continued to spike salaries and stuck their own local taxpayers with the bill.

“The bubble is bursting right now in Illinois and in CA, PA, MA, CT, NJ, NY, and all other big Blue states. California alone has a half-trillion-dollar unfunded pension liability. The financial mechanics are the same and cannot be stopped.”

Comment: States like IL and CN pay more in federal taxes, and therefore deserve a federal pension bailout. That’s the argument here. Good luck with that.

Comment: It’s surprising Blago hasn’t started to sing loudly about all the dirt he no doubt has on IL Dems, in an effort to earn his way to pardon as Trump might see it.

Comment: No, it’s not about transparency. Where the salaries are charged is open information. That’s why everybody has it. Allocations to different departments have gone on for decades because that’s appropriate — governors’ staffs devote particular portions of their time to the business of particular departments. Rauner may or may not have done that correctly, but that is a separate issue. This is just another Mendoza stunt.