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| Candidates Take to Twilight Parade |
Parades are for politicians! Three of the four major-party candidates at the top of this fall's ticket made appearances at the Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade Thursday night in Springfield.
Gov. Pat Quinn said he does not believe the new federal dollars Congress approved for Illinois -- he estimates the sum at $500 million -- require the legislature to return for a special session. When asked if the federal money would change the furlough situation for state employees -- with many of them expected to take 24 unpaid days off between now and next June 30 – Quinn said he is more concerned about the state fulfilling its obligations to education and health care.
From their position more than 50 entries deep into the parade, GOP nominee State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) said Quinn's administration is incompetent and insane for giving some employees pay raises and then ordering furloughs. Brady says if the state were being run properly, there would not be furloughs in the first place. Brady's running mate, Jason Plummer, called the new money federal "fairy dust."
State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias also discussed the infusion of federal cash, saying his opponent, U. S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) was wrong to vote against it, particularly after saying he would vote for it. Giannoulias says Kirk's ten years of experience in Congress make him a Washington insider.
Kirk was not on hand to take shots at Giannoulias; his campaign cited a scheduling conflict.
(Illinois Radio Network) |
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