Fall Veto Session
‘BRING IT ON’
Senate President John Cullerton is expected to introduce a new bill modeled after Gov. Pat Quinn’s preference for a scaled-back expansion of gambling, and he hopes the failure of that bill will compel Quinn to return to the negotiating table. Quinn replied: “Bring it on.” http://bit.ly/udJ986
- Quinn suffered what he said would be a temporary setback when the Senate approved a bill that would allow electric rate hikes to pay for technological upgrades. http://bit.ly/u88rna
- Almost half of Chicago would be eligible for speed cameras under state legislation supported by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to a Tribune analysis. http://trib.in/sRI4BF
- House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced a resolution that would give the House and Senate input into how much money the state should set aside for union employee raises. http://trib.in/tAJqGF
- Cullerton did not call a vote on a bill to give tax breaks to CME Group Inc. and CBOE Holdings Inc. http://bit.ly/t9BsJS
Senate President John Cullerton is expected to introduce a new bill modeled after Gov. Pat Quinn’s preference for a scaled-back expansion of gambling, and he hopes the failure of that bill will compel Quinn to return to the negotiating table. Quinn replied: “Bring it on.” http://bit.ly/udJ986
- Quinn suffered what he said would be a temporary setback when the Senate approved a bill that would allow electric rate hikes to pay for technological upgrades. http://bit.ly/u88rna
- Almost half of Chicago would be eligible for speed cameras under state legislation supported by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to a Tribune analysis. http://trib.in/sRI4BF
- House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced a resolution that would give the House and Senate input into how much money the state should set aside for union employee raises. http://trib.in/tAJqGF
- Cullerton did not call a vote on a bill to give tax breaks to CME Group Inc. and CBOE Holdings Inc. http://bit.ly/t9BsJS
Mulroe switched his vote on the Com Ed bill
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The Illinois Senate on Tuesday approved a tweak to the SmartGrid legislation, thanks in part to seven state senators who switched their votes. State Sens. Link; Maggie Crotty, D-Orland Park; Don Harmon, D-Oak Park; Linda Holmes, D-Aurora; Dave Luechtefeld, R-Okawville; John Mulroe, D-Chicago; Heather Steans, D-Chicago; and Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, voted for the latest SmartGrid legislation. They all had voted "no" or "present" in May.
Read more: http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/quinn-61069-governor-legislation.html#ixzz1btY2geWX
State senate is reworking the corporate tax cut bill for the exchanges. Word is no one wants to vote for this one. But politicians like our mayor, who received $200,000 in campaign contributions from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trying to push it through.
ReplyDeleteSenator Mulroe - don't go along with this.
oh great, now on top of all the new fees, bills and property tax increases the city and county are heaping on us, it looks like our Com Ed bills will go up too. Enough is enough!
ReplyDeleteWhat has Mulroe done for us in his short time? 66% income tax increase, higher corparate tax rate which has business threatening to leave left and right and now higher electric rates. Wow!
ReplyDeleteThe 66% income tax increase was spent exclusively on paying for state workers' pensions. Without that increase state workers and retirees would have been out of luck. Many people in the 41st ward haven't understood this well. Hell, I even know state workers who chastised Mulroe for voting for this and I wonder how they can't get - it was to save their own pension.
ReplyDeleteBefore you all get all in mulroes face about com ed, think back to last spring when the 41st ward had more power outages than any other neighborhood in the city or nearby suburb. We obviously need an some infastructure utility work done up here.
ReplyDeleteThe state pension fund (city and county too) are under funded because the politicians have been spending the money and not funding it the way the law says they are supposed too. So what to they do--tax us more. We won't even get into the abuses where politicians put people in a job for a day or weeks so they can collect a bloated pension they never earned. This voter is sick of the increased taxes, fees and excuses. If a private company did what the government has been doing people would be in jail and the politicians would be raising holy hell. I say get in Mulroe's (and every other politician) who votes to increase fees, taxes or electric rates on us. We are tapped out!
ReplyDeleteTo 9:49 A.M: Isn't Mulroe the guy with the accounting back ground who said he would push for a forensic audit of the state budget. Go through it line by line. What happened to that? All I see is votes to keep taking more of our money. It didn't take Mulroe long to tow the line for the machine.
ReplyDeleteEvery one bend over. The politicians are in session--only question is how bad will it be.
ReplyDeleteWait a minute. Check your com ed bill. Many usage fees, wire fees, line fees, fees, fees, fees... This is a wealthy utility company, com ed and the ONLY electric company. Have them use the money we have been giving them in fees, or better yet, take money from their profits to upgrade systems, LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG.
ReplyDeleteAmen to 10:49 A.M: Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office issues statement saying modified com ed bill is like "putting lipstick on a pig."
ReplyDeleteBut Crain�s Chicago Business political columnist Greg Hinz reports that the deal that gives the exchanges a 50 percent reduction in their tax rate would reduce state revenue by $100 million a year. As Crain�s points out, the CME, one of the slated recipients of this corporate tax break, saw more than $900 million in profits last year alone.
ReplyDeleteCME and board pay like a 150 mil a year in state taxes under the old tax. If they move that is all gone. Repeal the tax increases for every one. We have to grow our way out of this mess not tax and spend our way out of it.
ReplyDeleteWe are in an economic depression. Everyone, including the exchanges need to pay their fair share. If we give them a tax break we lose revenue and have to make it up through taxing the middlw class - we have had enough. Let them leave if they don't want to pay. No matter where they go, they will eventially have to pay and they know that.
ReplyDeleteThe future is Solar Panels. Put them on your garage, plug in your Chevy volt, and give Edison and the Oil men the finger.
ReplyDeleteEliminate the waste and corruption and make the free loaders contribute their fair share before you take another dime from the workers (union, non union, white collar or blue collar, employer or employee)--whatever their income. Illinois California, and New York (and other liberal democrat bastions) are quickly becoming to the U.S what Greece, Spain and Italy are to the E.U. Sub for a day and collect a teacher pension for life. And people trust these crooks with more of their money and buy their B.S. that it is for the kids and police and fire. Give me a break. They have been telling us that for years yet the schools graduate about half their students and the people who pay the bulk of the taxes (us) have our police taken away.
ReplyDeleteto 10:40am
ReplyDeleteThe idiom is "toe the line" not "tow the line"
To 3:02 pm
ReplyDeleteWhenever I see someone use the term "liberal" in this day and age (the term has been progressive for the last decade), I envision a 55 year old white male, 300 pounds, toothless, sitting in front of his TV in his boxer shorts, watching FOX News
To 3:39 P.M Actually I'm a 38 year old working mom with a Masters in business. And yes I do watch fox news. The reason liberals now use the term progressive is because they have to change the name every few decades because their tired old policies never work. But informed people know it is nothing more than putting lipstick on a pig.
ReplyDeleteWho's the real governor in this state? Quinn or Madigan?
ReplyDeleteMulroe has his faults but at least he's better than Doherty would have been
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