State legislators oppose Chicago mayor’s desire for more taxpayer dollars

State legislators oppose Chicago mayor’s desire for more taxpayer dollars – Center Square

“Some may refer to him as Billion-Dollar Brandon, but we are here to protect the suburbs and Downstate from giving those billions to Chicago,” state Sen. Seth Lewis said. “They passed an $800 million spending plan by floating bonds with no principal payments. We saw that in the pension crisis. We got here in the pension crisis the same way, where we paid zero principal and borrowed the money. We’ve learned our lesson as residents in the state of…

State Rep. Wilhour on Illinois spending: Gov. Pritzker has 'blown the budget wide open'

Blaine Wilhour, the state representative for Illinois House District 110, said that Governor J.B. Pritzker's fiscal policies have added $15 billion in discretionary spending since 2019 without improving conditions for most residents."Unless you're a legal immigrant, your quality of life is probably not in," said Blaine Jacob Wilhour, State Representative from Illinois. "He has blown the budget wide open. I came in here in 2019, was my first year…

State legislators oppose Chicago mayor’s desire for more taxpayer dollars

(The Center Square) – A number of Illinois legislators are making it clear that they oppose spending more state taxpayer dollars on Chicago unless city officials improve their failing financial practices.