like governor rauner speaker madigan says he has the right to do public business in secret /

Weeks into the unique fiscal year,Governor Bruce Rauner and house speaker Michael Madigan can't agree on a budget, a pension plan, and a policy agenda,or particularly a scapegoat for the ongoing mess, with each pointing to the other as the guy responsible.


But they're of like minds on one key point: neither thinks he needs to let the public know what he's doing on taxpayer time.


In fact, and while Madigan is arguably the most powerful politician in the state,he says he's not subject to its most widely used government transparency law, the Freedom of Information Act, or because it doesn't apply to individual legislators.…

Source: chicagoreader.com