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Peoria Republican Asks For State To Face The Music
One Illinois senator says it's time to end the conversation on how and why the state is in a nine billion dollar deficit.

Peoria Republican Darin Lahood says the government can't run from reality.

"We had two former governors that are convicted felons, made a lot of bad business decisions and put our state in one republican and one democrat," LaHood said. "But were in this position, and now we've got to figure out how to get out of it."

"And the ramifications and consequences of what's gone on the last ten or fifteen years is significant; our debt, our unfunded liability with our pensions that has to be addressed, people not wanting to do business with the state, unpaid bills."

Lahood says cuts of two to five percent across the board over five years is a necessary evil. The 37th district senator says entities favor this up front, but become defensive when their businesses are mentioned in cuts.

Lahood spoke among several Illinois politicians at a Legislative Luncheon Friday at Carl Sandburg College.

Also present was Democratic Senator John Sullivan. Sullivan says he intends to revisit his proposal of injecting five million dollars in bonds into the state's economy when the fall veto session resumes next week.
11 04 11 by Newsroom
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