distributed Thursday from IL GOP's Press Secretary Lance Trover
Now that Lisa Madigan has legally OK-ed a special election to remove Senator Burris, it is time for Pat Quinn to put his money where his mouth is.
Last Friday, when Governor Quinn joined Illinois Republicans in their demand for a special election, he told reporters he would like to have a special election bill passed as quickly as possible saying, “I think the mechanism for passing the law should begin immediately, and get this law passed as quickly as possible.”
Rod Blagojevich was infamous for holding press conferences with great fanfare announcing some grandiose plan and then doing nothing to ensure its passage. The ILGOP hopes the same is not true of Governor Quinn and today is wondering, six days after his press conference, what the Governor has done to ensure special election legislation lands on his desk as "quickly as possible." Senator Cullerton has said that he needs to see a bill from Madigan before he passes anything
* Has Governor Quinn spoken with Speaker Madigan or President Cullerton since Attorney General Madigan's decision supporting a special election?
* Has the Governor spoken with Speaker Madigan and President Cullerton since his press conference and asked them to pass special election legislation quickly?
* Is the Governor reaching out to individual members of the General Assembly and lobbying them to pass this legislation as quickly as possible?
The ILGOP's position on a special election is clear. Governor Quinn made his position clear. Saying you are for something and taking action to make it happen are two different things. Democrats control the process in Illinois and they can make this happen as quickly or as slowly as they want. The Governor indicated that a special election is one of the most pressing issues facing our state and that he supports making this legislation happen quickly. We have two words for the Governor; prove it.
Lance Trover, Press Secretary
Illinois Republican Party
