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| Governator Pat Quinn. Credit: Seth Perlman/Associated Press |
CHICAGO - The order given by Governor Pat
Quinn to withhold the salaries of state legislators is unconstitutional
according to Neil Cohen, a judge of Cook County. The judge ordered the State
Comptroller to immediately pay legislators wages, plus interest.
The constitution of Illinois
contends that the salaries of state legislators should not be changed during the
period in which they were elected. Quinn will appeal the decision. He said that
until there is a plan for comprehensive pension reform, he will not accept a
salary.
The argument against Quinn is
reasonable. He should have scored some points with taxpayers. Although this is
not the best solution to the problem, something needs to be done about Illinois’s
pension crisis.
"Illinois's pension crisis is costing taxpayers millions of dollars a day, robbing our children of the education and public safety services. They desperately need, and holding our economy back from real recovery,"
said Quinn in a interview with the New York Times.
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