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Posts tagged "Pat Quinn"

Wis. Gov. Scott Walker sticks it to Illinois

In prepared remarks at the Conservative Political Action meeting in Washington, D.C., Walker compared what was happening in his state with Illinois: Contrast that with my neighbor to the south. There is no greater example of the failed policies we are running against than the mess we see in Illinois. Last year, Governor Quinn proudly... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 11, 2012 at 8:59 am
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Closure of Illinois centers prelude to union battles

By Dennis Byrne,
February 7, 2012 at 2:07 pm
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Illinois unemployment rate increased most in the nation in 2011

According to the Illinois Policy Institute: As Gov. Pat Quinn prepares for the State of the State address on Feb. 1, he will find it difficult to defend the state’s economic policies that have resulted in more unemployed Illinoisans in 2011. Almost a year after Illinois’ record income tax increase, the state’s unemployment woes contrast... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 26, 2012 at 4:29 pm
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Pat Quinn Will Name Jan Schakowsky to Kirk's Senate Seat

No, no! A thousand times no! Is Pat Hickey joking, or has he cleverly dropped the dime on a rumor that he has picked up and is attempting to shortstop even the thought of making the appointment?
By Dennis Byrne,
January 24, 2012 at 10:43 am
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Do Catholics want to 'impose their morals on America?'

No. Catholics as much as anyone understand that this is a democracy. So when it comes to “imposing,” it won’t happen. Yes, Catholics, as citizens, have as much of a right to seek a moral society as they see it as do “progressives,” athetists and others do–through the democratic process. How else do you think... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
December 20, 2011 at 12:07 pm
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New York's $3.5 billion budget deficit is peanuts compared with Illinois' $8 billion

Bloomberg reports  New York state’s budget gap could reach $3.b billion: New York state’s projected deficit for the next fiscal year is expected to grow to as much as $3.5 billion as a stalled economic recovery cuts Wall Street jobs and shrinks bonuses, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office said. The gap for fiscal 2013 was projected at $2... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 15, 2011 at 1:38 pm
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Gov. Pat Quinn's quandary on abortion

Faith versus public service Gov. Pat Quinn’s planned appearance Thursday at the pro-choice Personal PAC annual awards luncheon is a sharp stick in the eye of his professed faith, and Illinois’ Catholic bishops have every right to poke back. The bishops, including Chicago Cardinal Francis George, questioned the collaboration of Quinn, a Catholic, with the organization. “We do... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 15, 2011 at 12:11 pm
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After 90 years, Catholic Charities out of foster care. Happy now?

Catholic Charities appears to have thrown in the towel, after fighting an Illinois decision that the organization no longer is qualified to place troubled, abandoned and orphaned children with caring traditional families. Catholic Charities, you might say, brought this upon itself by standing up for its principles and refusing to place children because it doesn’t... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 14, 2011 at 6:47 pm
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A good round-up of major bills to be debated in Illinois legislature's veto session

By Dennis Byrne,
October 25, 2011 at 12:55 pm
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Should Illinois public employee pensions be a top priority?

Not at the expense of other crisises llinois’ biggest problem is the state budget; the budget’s biggest problem is the plush pensions for public employees; lavish pensions are a problem because of a constitutional clause that bans the “diminishment or impairment” of their benefits. How did we get into this mess? If we understand how... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
October 18, 2011 at 7:42 am
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