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Editorial: Pull plug on legislators’ windfall pay scam
— Champaign News Gazette | Editorial Board — Public policy that, by design, institutionalizes abuse of taxpayers ought to be repealed. How’s this for ridiculous? Illinois taxpayers are/were on the hook for the full monthly February salaries of three members of the Illinois House who represented the same 22nd District in Chicago. Yes, it’s true, fully…
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Editorial: One month’s pay for three days’ work?
— Kankakee Daily Journal | Editorial Board — The recent comings and goings in the Illinois House of Representatives is nothing short of a debacle. To catch you up, long-tenured former Speaker Michael Madigan resigned his 22nd District post. He hand-picked Edward Guerra Kodatt to take his seat in the House. Three days after he was…
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Editorial: Our View, Mendoza initiative a smart move
— The State Journal-Register | Editorial Board — When Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza champions new legislation or implements a new program, we usually find ourselves thinking: How is this common-sense idea not already in place? It was that way with her quest to end “off-shoring,” the practice governors of both political parties used to make themselves…
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City Club of Chicago: Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza in 2018 [VIDEO]
— City Club of Chicago | Mendoza, S — Watch the video. Listen to the audio. Susana A. Mendoza was sworn in as Illinois Comptroller on Dec. 5, 2016, after running for office on a platform of prioritizing the most vulnerable residents at a time when the State was suffering through two years without a…
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Op-Ed: Illinois comptroller responds to editorial on state finances, politics
— Belleville News-Democrat | Mendoza, S. — I really wish you would pay closer attention to what I say during my frequent visits to your Editorial Board. At no time did I ever “blame Rauner” for the entirety of “Illinois fiscal meltdown” as you misrepresented in your editorial. I have told you on multiple occasions that…
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In Illinois’ Ongoing Budget Crisis, She’s the Woman Deciding Who Gets Paid
— Governing Magazine | Vock, D. — Susana Mendoza knew she was walking into a tough job well before she ever assumed office as the comptroller of Illinois in December 2016. She attended a conference of state treasurers, auditors and comptrollers as a candidate, and, as soon as she told other attendees she came from Illinois,…
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Illinois comptroller wants halt to payroll “off-shoring”
— The State Journal-Register | Finke, D. — View the article. Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Thursday she wants to stop the practice of governors hiding employee salaries by shifting costs to state agencies. Surrounded by three Democratic and one Republican lawmaker, Mendoza called for lawmakers to pass the “Truth In Hiring” law that requires governors…
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Other Lawmakers ‘Would Say They Had Shoes Older Than Me’
— Governing Magazine | Quinn, M. — Susana Mendoza grew up believing that government couldn’t be trusted. Her Mexican parents had no faith in their home country’s political system, and their cynicism was passed on to her. But after graduating college, Mendoza became a community activist and went on to hold several elected positions at…
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Editorial: Legislature should override Debt Transparency Act veto
— Herald-Whig | Editorial Board — View the article. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza has the unenviable task of determining which bills the state can pay. Going more than two years without a budget, when spending continued to outpace revenue, escalated a backlog of unpaid bills that last week reached $14.7 billion. Of course, that’s only…
