It’s all grandstanding, coercion and political posturing! Last week after the first HB580 override motion failed and Governor Ruiner walked away from the bargaining table, 7 Republican representatives (Hammond, Davidsmeyer, Moffitt, Brown, Bryant, Bourne and Jimenez) “sent a letter to the governor and to AFSCME urging both parties to renew negotiating to reach a settlement”. May 31 was the final legislative deadline to override the governor’s veto of HB580 by a simple majority; the vote fell 3 short, with NOT ONE of those 7 voting to support the override motion, thereby backing up Rauner’s deleterious efforts to hold us all hostage to his Scott Walker wannabe agenda! So their letter was just a ploy to appear to care about state employees and constituents all the while prolonging the impasse that damages us all. The billionaire governor is for the rich getting richer and plundering the state, our workers and our unions, pensions, health insurance and workman compensation benefits, etc. to accomplish that goal, and the Republicans will aid the vulture-capitalist in his vain quest against the populace and our social programs — like education!
Trish Forsyth Voss, Community Roundtable forum for 6/3/16 The Register-Mail newspaper, Galesburg, IL.
Jun 3 2016
What’s my take on legislative inability to pass a budget in the new fiscal year?
It’s all grandstanding, coercion and political posturing! Last week after the first HB580 override motion failed and Governor Ruiner walked away from the bargaining table, 7 Republican representatives (Hammond, Davidsmeyer, Moffitt, Brown, Bryant, Bourne and Jimenez) “sent a letter to the governor and to AFSCME urging both parties to renew negotiating to reach a settlement”. May 31 was the final legislative deadline to override the governor’s veto of HB580 by a simple majority; the vote fell 3 short, with NOT ONE of those 7 voting to support the override motion, thereby backing up Rauner’s deleterious efforts to hold us all hostage to his Scott Walker wannabe agenda! So their letter was just a ploy to appear to care about state employees and constituents all the while prolonging the impasse that damages us all. The billionaire governor is for the rich getting richer and plundering the state, our workers and our unions, pensions, health insurance and workman compensation benefits, etc. to accomplish that goal, and the Republicans will aid the vulture-capitalist in his vain quest against the populace and our social programs — like education!
Trish Forsyth Voss, Community Roundtable forum for 6/3/16 The Register-Mail newspaper, Galesburg, IL.
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