Highlights from Gov. Quinn’s visit to Sun-Times Editorial Board

SHARE Highlights from Gov. Quinn’s visit to Sun-Times Editorial Board

Gov. Pat Quinn stopped by the Chicago Sun-Times this afternoon to discuss his proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget with our editorial board.

Here are a few highlights from that discussion:

On his ‘guaranteed’ property tax refund

On broken promises

On increasing education spending

… Which also is his idea to improve the business climate in Illinois

On real ‘wrath of God’-type stuff

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