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blue-wave

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Fri Jul 28, 2017, 03:17 AM Jul 2017

Mendoza compares Rauner to check-bouncer after school funding plea [View all]

After Gov. Bruce Rauner’s hand-picked education czar aimed to put pressure on state Comptroller Susana Mendoza to “prioritize” payments for education, the comptroller on Thursday likened the governor to Michelangelo “back at work on his latest masterpiece” and “blaming everyone but himself.”

<snip> “If creating havoc for the State of Illinois was a form of art, Governor Bruce Rauner would be Michelangelo,’ Mendoza said. “Just three weeks removed from a narrowly-avoided statewide financial meltdown, he’s back at work on his latest masterpiece, plunging the state into a school funding crisis, and blaming everyone but himself.” <end>



Full Article: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-compares-rauner-to-check-bouncer-after-school-funding-plea/


Lol!!! I love her statement in the last paragraph about him creating havoc! It's the truth. He's doing all he can to harm the state! Met her once and instantly recognized she was sharp as a tack and will go far. We need more straight forward, common sense politicians calling out the right for their lunacy.

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