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So, the Illinois budget is a mess. That’s nothing new. But while the governor of Illinois is off schmoozing in Denver, the citizens of Illinois are getting the shaft.

Today the governor’s office announced that it will be cutting 450 state jobs including more than 300 from the Department of Children and Family Services. Another 75 are coming from the Department of Human Services with the remainder coming from the state’s natural resources and historic preservation agencies. Once again, the governor chose the most vulnerable people in the state and cut their access to state assistances.

DCFS case workers are already over burdened and doing a piss poor job of protecting the children of Illinois. DHS workers are seeing increasing case loads as the economy worsens and now there will be fewer of them to see the people that need help.

And, closing state parks and historic sites when these contribute directly to the local economies. Maybe since none of the proposed closures are in chicago, the governor figures it won’t effect anyone he knows.

In tiny little Randolph County is the southeast corner of the state, three historic sites are slated for closure. There was no proposal to allow them to raise entry fees or try to make up the operating deficits. instead, the governor continued his rampage against all things not Chicago and is intent on driving Illinois further down the road of economic depression.

Sadly, I’m just not sure that he will have state left to govern if he doesn’t stop this imbecilic administration soon.

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