Illinois is broke? Not too broke for old style patronage.
Traffic control expert, former Alderman John Rice.
There is the usual political in-fighting among Chicago and Illinois politicians. Madigan doesn’t like Quinn. Quinn doesn’t like Rahm, Rahm doesn’t like people who work for a living. That kind of thing.
But they all have two things in common.
They all want to blame teachers and their pensions for the state of Illinois’ budget woes.
And they all spend our money to hire their pals.
The Chicago News Cooperative reports on Governor Quinn’s hiring of former 36th Ward Alderman John Rice.