Column: Freezing Madigan-linked Rebuild Illinois projects made sense. Unfreezing them didn’t. – Chicago Tribune*

David Greising, of the Better Government Association: "Utility legislation affecting millions of Illinois ratepayers allegedly was turned, as if on some sort of legislative lathe, to serve Madigan’s purposes, leaving the public to pay the cost. With that track record in mind, it was a swift but responsible act of fiscal stewardship to put a hold on Madigan’s hand-picked projects. Asking Pritzker to reverse course a day later — to unfreeze the projects just as quickly as he froze them — was a different kind of decision. It was based on politics, not ethics."
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Fed up neighbor
2 years ago

Hey JB Mickey here reinstate the funds or I will take you down, yes sir boss man.

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