SPRINGFIELD, IL - State Senator Dan Rutherford (R-Pontiac) offered the following comments after the Illinois Senate acted on the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget:
"Once again the majority of the Illinois Senate has agreed to kick the can down the road, through a grand borrowing scheme, extension of payment delays and once again skipping pension payments," Rutherford said. "It is unfortunate that Senators only had one hour to view a 2,200 page document that contains the budget. Clearly there is a lack of transparency with this budgetary process."