In a 10-1 vote, lawmakers on Tuesday granted themselves the ability to subpoena records from Governor Pat Quinn’s botched Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, a program that has been described as a political slush fund for his 2010 re-election campaign. State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) who is Co-Chair of the Legislative Audit Commission originally sought the authority […]
Will Governor Pat Quinn be Indicted?
May 1, 2014 by 2 Comments
Pat Quinn has been in the news a lot lately about the Anti-Volience program (Neighborhood Recovery Initiative) used apparently like a personal get out the vote slush fund. A quick recap of what happened is below: Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown’s husband received more than $100,000 salary and benefits State Legislator Will Davis wife Jaclin also […]
Another Politician’s Spouse Received Money from Quinn’s Anti-violence Funds
April 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In a story from the Sun-Times in March, it was shown that “Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown’s husband “was paid more than $146,401 in salary and fringe benefits over a two-hear period from Neighborhood Recovery Initiative grant funds.” Today we have the story about the wife of State Rep. Will Davis (D), Jaclin was also […]
