Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s Approval Ratings Deep Underwater

A New Poll By Democratic Firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) Finds That 60 Percent Of Illinois Voters Disapprove Of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s Job Performance And Just 34 Percent Approve. (Public Policy Polling Poll, 557 RV, 4.2% MoE, 11/22-25/13)

• “Only 34% Of Voters Approve Of The Job Quinn Is Doing Compared To 60% Who Disapprove, Tying Him For The Third Most Unpopular Governor In The Country.” (Press Release, “Illinois Governor’s Race Looks Like A Toss Up,” Public Policy Polling, 11/26/13)

Quinn Is In A Statistical Dead Heat Will All Four Of His Republican Rivals. (Public Policy Polling Poll, 557 RV, 4.2% MoE, 11/22-25/13)

PAT QUINN MAY BE UNPOPULAR BECAUSE HE RAISED TAXES 67 PERCENT AFTER PROMISING THAT HE WOULDN’T

During Pat Quinn’s 2010 Reelection Race, His Budget Director Told Bloomberg NewsThat They Would Probably Increase Illinois’ Income Tax From 3 Percent To 5 Percent In January 2011, A 67% Increase. “Illinois, which is in its worst financial position ever, will raise the income-tax rate in January to address its deficit, Governor Pat Quinn’s budget director said. Lawmakers will likely increase the personal tax to 5 percent from 3 percent, generating $6 billion of new revenue, the budget director, David Vaught, said in an interview. The legislature failed to address the deficit this year because of the pending November election, he said.” (Darrell Preston, “Illinois Will Probably Raise Income-Tax Rate To 5%, Budget Director Says,” Bloomberg News, 7/28/10)

Quinn Quickly Denied That He Supported The 67% Tax Increase, And Vowed That He Would Veto Any Attempt To Raise The State’s Income Tax Rate Above 4%. “At a July 29 news conference, Quinn denied a published report claiming he planned to raise the state’s income tax by 2 percentage points. A 1 percent increase, Quinn said then, ‘is all that I propose and all that I support,’ an audibly irritated Quinn said. ‘I’m going to veto anything that’s not my plan.’” (Mike Riopell and Kerry Lester, Quinn Reneges On Vow To Veto 5% Tax,” Chicago Daily Herald, 1/12/11)

• Quinn: “I Have Proposed A 1% Surcharge For Education This Year. That Is All That I Have Proposed And All That I Support.” (Gov. Pat Quinn, Press Conference, 7/29/10)
• Quinn: “I’m Going to Veto Anything That Isn’t My Plan.” (Gov. Pat Quinn,Press Conference, 7/29/10)

Via: GOP.com

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Illinois Governor Considers National Guard To Combat Chicago Crime

(CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn says he would consider using state resources to help combat Chicago street violence, but only if city officials want the assistance.

Speaking on this week’s mass shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, Quinn was asked whether there have been discussions about sending in the state police or Illinois National Guard to assist Chicago police.

The governor said he’s had no specific conversations but noted state police are helping patrol in East St. Louis, another city that has its challenges with violent crime.

“It has to be done in a coordinated fashion with the local law enforcement, with their full cooperation,” Quinn told reporters Saturday.

Quinn did not specifically veto the idea of deploying Guard members in Chicago. A press aide later told CBS 2 the governor was speaking only about the possibility of using state police to help out.

Discussions about using state manpower to fight Chicago crime isn’t unprecedented. In 2008, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich suggested using the state police and National Guard to help Chicago police with “out of control” violence. The comment was widely interpreted as an insult to then-Mayor Richard Daley, with whom Blagojevich was feuding.

Via: CBS Chicago

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