Illinois comptroller promises to fight against former lawmakers suing for raises – Center Square

“They made a choice to, hypocritically, pretend that they were noble and were voting down a pay raise and, as soon as they left office, they turn around and sued the comptroller for the State of Illinois,” Comptroller Susana Mendoza said, adding that they “proactively utilized this vote against their own pay raise to get out there and campaign and thump their chests and say ‘we’re so honorable, we’re so noble and if the people are hurting, we should be hurting too.’”