Two years ago in a bloggers' conference call with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, I brought up the quandary of elected officials courting support from public-sector union members. He viewed the situation as alarming and I'm sure he still does.As for when contract time comes along and these officials and union officials meet, Romney told me, "No one at the bargaining table is representing the citizens."
Are you reading this post Governor Pat Quinn?
This is part three of my series to draw attention to the cash Quinn, who says he is a reformer, has collected from public-sector unions.
I'm defining public-sector unions as those who represent large numbers of government workers, such as SEIU, or those that clearly represent public-sector workers--the two Teamsters locals fit that definition. Click here and here for more information on the pair.
For the first two entries in this series, all of the contributions listed were for Taxpayers for Quinn. But when Sheila Simon was chosen as Quinn's running mate--after pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen withdrew as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, a new committee was formed, Quinn/Simon for Illinois.
Click here for the entire report for Taxpayers for Quinn for the first six months of 2010.
SEIU HealthCare IL/IN PACBelow you will find the public-sector employee union contributions, both from SEIU, to Quinn/Simon for Illinois for April through June of last year. You fill find the entire report here.
209 West Jackson
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60606
$20,000
1/6/2010
SEIU Healthcare Illinois And Indiana
209 West Jackson
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60606
$250,000
1/22/2010
Teamsters Local Union No. 700 PAC
1550 South Mount Prospect Road
Des Plaines, IL 60018
$25,000
4/23/2010
Teamsters Local Union No. 916 DRIVE
2701 North Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL 62702
$5,000
6/30/2010
SEIU Healthcare Illinois And IndianaTomorrow: Part four and the conclusion of this series.
209 West Jackson
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60606
$100,000
6/29/2010
SEIU Illinois Council PAC Fund
111 E. Wacker Dr
Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60601-3757
$100,000
6/16/2010
Total from both committees: $500,000
Earlier posts:
Pat Quinn's quid pro quo public-sector union cash, part one $62,000
Pat Quinn's quid pro quo public-sector union cash, part two $785,000
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this guy Quinn is such a horrible dissappointment the only thing he does is spend, spend, spend. Then instead of getting the cash for things from where he's suppose to get it from, he just pins another tax on either the citizens of Illinois or the smokers of Illinois.
ReplyDeleteHe's raised the income tax but has yet to cut a single thig....so where is all this new tax cash going.??? I'd sure love to see the polititions take a cut in pay like we all have...