Quinn Calls Rauner A 'Saboteur' On Pension Fixes
From the Chicago Tribune
Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday labeled his Republican opponent Bruce Rauner a “saboteur” who worked to block overhauls of state and city government worker pension systems but failed to present his own solutions.
The Democratic governor’s comments came two days after he signed into law Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s partial fix for City Hall pension systems that would cut benefits and raise retirement ages for some workers.
Rauner has argued that Quinn’s signature will lead to a city property tax hike after the mayor said that’s how he’d seek to pay for the increased city contributions required under the bill. But after Quinn signed the measure, Emanuel said he will not push for a property tax increase to make the payment this year and vowed to look for other ways to find the money moving forward.
Quinn said he was “happy” the mayor has agreed to look elsewhere other than property taxes. The governor has campaigned on lowering them, but his proposal went nowhere in the spring session.
“There’s always going to be people on the sidelines shooting at reforms,” Quinn said of Rauner. “He tried to sabotage the state pension reform, he tried to sabotage the city pension reform. The people in Illinois don’t want saboteurs.”
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From the Chicago Tribune
Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday labeled his Republican opponent Bruce Rauner a “saboteur” who worked to block overhauls of state and city government worker pension systems but failed to present his own solutions.
The Democratic governor’s comments came two days after he signed into law Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s partial fix for City Hall pension systems that would cut benefits and raise retirement ages for some workers.
Rauner has argued that Quinn’s signature will lead to a city property tax hike after the mayor said that’s how he’d seek to pay for the increased city contributions required under the bill. But after Quinn signed the measure, Emanuel said he will not push for a property tax increase to make the payment this year and vowed to look for other ways to find the money moving forward.
Quinn said he was “happy” the mayor has agreed to look elsewhere other than property taxes. The governor has campaigned on lowering them, but his proposal went nowhere in the spring session.
“There’s always going to be people on the sidelines shooting at reforms,” Quinn said of Rauner. “He tried to sabotage the state pension reform, he tried to sabotage the city pension reform. The people in Illinois don’t want saboteurs.”
Read more in our daily News Update...