We’ve Got Two Weeks
Until last Friday, it appeared that — even in the midst of Illinois’ financial disaster — our state legislators would adjourn early. But despite their best efforts to “get out of town” and start campaigning for re-election, the Illinois House was unable to pass even an interim budget. This may have something to do with the 300,000 emails and over 5,000 calls they received, urging them not to vote for an irresponsible budget. In any case, we now have two more weeks on the legislative calendar to insist that they act responsibly. Laura Dean Friedrich and Courtney Eccles of the PCG staff have been in Springfield almost every week for the past five months. The Common Good Network (CGN) asked them to describe the crisis, and what we must do in these next two weeks. more
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