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Never a dull moment in Illinois politics! We have the last Governor on trial essentially for doing what the current Governor is doing?? And, the current Governor, is basically promising anything and everything to everyone because it is an election year ya know. Of course, we can't pay for it but the Governor is coming up with ever more creative ways(borrowing and cooking the books mainly) to spend the money we don't have. And Downstate, well, we are getting the "royal" treatment. Screwed, Blued and Tatooed. This year's budget negotiations by the way are being moved from the state Capitol in Springfield to Chicago. It is easier to flip the bird to the rest of the state from there I suppose?

Anyways, these are some of the great Illinois political stories this week:

WE DON'T LIKE THE PROPOSAL...........OF COURSE, WE HAVE NOT READ IT
In Tuesday's Champaign News-Gazette:
A bill was introduced that would prohibit Governor Elvis from selling the state's student loan portfolio, currently managed by the non profit Illinois Student Assistance Commission, to for profit loan companies in order to pay for a $90 million dollar tuition tax credit program. Becky Carroll, spokeswoman for the Governor's Office of Management and Budget(hahahahahahaha) said "I haven't yet seen the bill, but I think their proposal would kill a unique opportunity to help working and middle class families make college more affordable." Typical! I don't know what you're talking about but I'm against it. The bill is being proposed by a downstate lawmaker and a Republican so you can pretty much count on this going nowhere.

Not to be outdone, the University of Illinois Student Senate governmental affairs committee chairman chimed in that they had not seen the bill either but he was sure the student senate would support it. What a great future this young man has in politics!!

BOB, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL.......
Remember the pat respsone Miss America contestants would give Bob Barker to the all important "final" round question "If you could have anything in the world..." "Bob, I would like to achieve world peace?" Well, the League of Women Voters in Champaign County has chimed in with something similar in a letter to the editor of the Champaign News-Gazette:

While we don't have solutions to our nation's health care problems, it has long been the league's policy that a basic level of quality health care at an affordable cost should be available to all.

Excuse me? You have no solutions? Well then what EXACTLY are you bringing to the discussion then. Increase taxes you say? What about Medicaid and the public health services we are already paying for? Not to mention the charity care routinely given in our medical facilities. The State is now going to provide health care coverage for all da babies in Illinois. Still not enough? If the current system is broke why don't we replace it instead of adding more to it? Oh no, can't do that because too many Libs make a living off promoting public health services, no matter how ineffective and costly, because they "care" so much about all of us.

HAVING SOLVED ALL OTHER PROBLEMS...........
The Illinois State House, following the lead of New York, has voted to make it illegal for sex offenders to operate ice cream trucks in Illinois. I don't know about you but I'll sleep better tonight.