Governor Quinn and the state budget

[Guest guest]

Bonnie:

Not to be contentious and cynical BUT...Saddler I believe does have good values

and for the most part she understands our issues, but keep in mind, she worked

for the Governor's office prior to her position at DHS AND she still works for

the Governor...what would you expect her to say about her former and current

boss. While I do not believe our Governor is evil, or stupid or mentally

unbalanced, he is beholden to the unions and he has made some very key decisions

that are not, in my humble opinion, in the best interest of human services, e.g.

his executive order to unionize personal support workers in the Home Based

Support Services Program, proposed Managed Care for long term services for

individuals with intellectual disabilities, cuts made to an already underfunded

system, late payments to providers, elimination of grants without

grandfathering in current recipients in some way...there is probably more, but

this is what comes immediately to mind.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...

[Guest guest]

Bonnie:

Not to be contentious and cynical BUT...Saddler I believe does have good values

and for the most part she understands our issues, but keep in mind, she worked

for the Governor's office prior to her position at DHS AND she still works for

the Governor...what would you expect her to say about her former and current

boss. While I do not believe our Governor is evil, or stupid or mentally

unbalanced, he is beholden to the unions and he has made some very key decisions

that are not, in my humble opinion, in the best interest of human services, e.g.

his executive order to unionize personal support workers in the Home Based

Support Services Program, proposed Managed Care for long term services for

individuals with intellectual disabilities, cuts made to an already underfunded

system, late payments to providers, elimination of grants without

grandfathering in current recipients in some way...there is probably more, but

this is what comes immediately to mind.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...