ILL-inois: Quinn condemns extravagant Capitol spending he approved

Illinois' hapless and hopeless governor, Pat Quinn, approved a rehab of the state Capitol in Springfield four years ago. Vendors typically wait six months to be paid by the state, but taxpayers are footing the bill for a $50 million project, which includes copper-plated front doors that cost $670,000 and $323,000 for four chandeliers.

Quinn made this bold step after his 2014 primary opponent, fellow Chicago Democrat Bill Daley, criticized the extravagance.

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