Tag: IL Governor Pat Quinn

• November 30, 2011

  As Expected: IL State Facility Shut-downs Averted!!!

  Well, the IL General Assembly Fall Veto Session is finally over! IL legislators tonight completed Governor Pat Quinn’s job and by reallocating the money in the IL current state budget they worked out a deal to avoid Quinn’s threatened shut-down for seven state facilities and the proposed lay-offs of over 1900 state employees. They also…
• November 1, 2011

  Where the Closures of State Facilities presently stand…

  There are only three days left in the IL General Assembly Veto Session for 2011. Legislators are working behind the scenes now to prepare for when they return on November 8, 2011. At least one issue; the gambling expansion, seems to be stymied. Although a bill has been drawn up to dumb down the proposed…
• October 31, 2011

  IL Governor Pat Quinn emerging as the loser in IL Veto session

  The State of IL has problems. The August 2011, headline below sums up the situation. IL is fiscally broken, and the governor and the legislature have placed themselves in the position of having only three days this week to fix the 2010 budget enough to advance to the next year’s budget. Illinois Statehouse News: Illinois…
• October 22, 2011

  IL Prisontalk finally posts realistic message to members about MGT

  Illinois prisontalk (IPT) is critical of anyone spreading rumors about when Meritorious Good Time (MGT) credit is likely to return for IL prisoners. IPT doesn’t want to create false expectations among IL inmates and their families. This past Spring session, however, IPT online forum leaders succumbed to temptation and  disregarded IPT’s own goal. IPT engaged…
• September 12, 2011

  No Action On IDOC Meritorious Good Time, (MGT) Expected in 2011!

  May 31, 2012, State Legislature passes new law paving way for Early Release programs! Read latest at http://richardwanke.com   Forget about the IL Fall Veto Session beginning October 25, 2011. The veto session is going to be consumed by budget issues. No decisions made will resolve the horrible prison over-crowding in Illinois. If Meritorious Good Time…
• September 12, 2011

  Quinn’s proposed Cuts & Closures Backfiring So Far…

  Nobody is taking Governor Pat Quinn’s threats to lay-off state employees en masse and close down seven state facilities because of a budget crunch seriously so far. As we said, it is doubtful that Quinn is going to be successful in carrying out lay-offs and closures, because he has too many hurtles to cross. What…
• September 7, 2011

  September 2011 & Trouble comes to River City

  First of all, readers are advised not to panic! Websites are awash with concerned readers. There is some heavy politiking going on at the state level in Springfield right now with the Governor making threats and noises about cutting state employees and facilities. It is just NOISE and Pat Quinn positioning himself. What will come…