Ted was on AM Quad Cities this week discussing Illinois’ FY 2019 budget. Lawmakers may be celebrating their civility and cooperation, but ordinary Illinoisans should lament Springfield’s return to business-as-usual politics.
The budget was negotiated in secret, introduced and passed with no time to read it, and contains none of the reforms the state needs to turn itself around.
Listen here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/9809126/ted-dabrowski
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