The face is that of Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, whose visage—literally—appears on stationery of the newly formed Vote No on Blank Check Committee and likely will dominate millions of dollars in coming TV ads from the group over the next year and a half.

“The people of Illinois understand that for 34 years Madigan has been at the center of every major issue in this state, and that he’s at the center of this one,” said committee Chairman Greg Baise, who runs another group, Ideas Illinois, that has been criticizing the tax plan.

Comment: This assures that the state will vastly overspend on its capital projects. The prevailing wage law in Illinois is a rigged farce, as we wrote before. The average total full-time-equivalent compensation, including benefits, for all job categories over all counties is $119,000.