Gov. Pritzker blames predecessor for DCFS placement failures – WICS (Springfield)

"500 beds were let go under the prior governor, 500 residential beds," Gov. Pritzker said. "You can't snap your fingers and put those back it takes years to build back residential beds... If they have to lag in those facilities, while we find them a residential bed longer than any of us like, that not something any of us like."
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Fed up neighbor
2 years ago

Blame game never ends

Chase Gioberti
2 years ago

Jabba has been governor for 4 flipping years.

Eugene from a payphone
2 years ago

It is sickening to hear Governor Flintstone lay the blame on the Rauner administration because the Illinois House and Illinois Senate have not changed hands. They fought Rauner his entire term and haven’t done much to improve financial conditions with Pritzker in office.

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