BOONE COUNTY BOARD, following the advice of chair Bob Walberg voted tonight (Wednesday night) to support Ill. Gov. Rauner's "Turn Illinois Around" plan by a vote of 7-4 with board member Karl Johnson abstaining - despite the pleas to vote no from of a standing room only crowd of union members from industry, education, and law enforcement. The only board members voting no were Kenny Freeman, Sherry Branson, Craig Schultz and me. While I agree we need changes in Illinois, as u...nion members eloquently noted, this plan needs to be revised to help all our people. Very passionate night for many with strong statements, applause for the unions, and dozens of unhappy people leaving the meeting. I'm sure there is more to come on this. Those voting for Walberg and Rauner were Paul Larson, Denny Ellingson, Sherry Giesecke, Ray Larson, Jeff Carlisle, and Brad Stark.
Above is from Cathy Ward’s Facebook.
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Those union guys don't want nothing to change. They didn't bring any ideas forward. At least their is a conversation now, that's more than we had 6 months ago.
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