Column: Pay raise ploy puts legislators in line for big payout – Champaign News-Gazette*

Jim Dey: "Noland’s and Clayborne’s claims of selflessness are irrelevant, mere routine political dishonesty that is meaningless in the face of the Illinois Constitution’s prohibition on lawmakers changing their pay — apparently both up and down — during their terms of office. The litigation represents a stunning and brazen display of political hypocrisy by former legislators who think they are beyond the reach of voters."