The following is an excerpt from an opinion piece written by Reboot Illinois' Matt Dietrich:
Here is Gov. Bruce Rauner discussing the Illinois budget impasse last week at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago:
Here is Rauner three days later at a town hall meeting in Decatur:
Notice a recurring theme?
In recent appearances around Illinois, Rauner's perspective on the Illinois budget standoff has become that of the victim. He consistently has portrayed himself as being in the same boat as, for example, the 4,700 low-income working parents who have lost the state day-care assistance that allowed them to keep working.
"I'm very upset because right now people are hurting from no budget who should not be hurt. We're having to take actions and make cuts. We don't have the money to fund certain things that we should be funding," Rauner said at an Oct. 16 appearance in Decatur. "Let's get a budget as soon as possible. I'd like to get it today. The sooner the better."
Three days earlier, at a press conference to announce his plan to sell the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, Rauner made a similar statement...
You can read the rest of Dietrich's opinion piece here.
