Mendoza Comes out of her hideout and Runs Interference, as if everything is forgotten, or at least forgiven
Even with the media embargo on the pay raise Illinois legislators were due for, the story was gaining massive traction downstate and in the more enlightened parts of the electorate.
Enter the Machine's Susana Mendoza:
Enter the Machine's Susana Mendoza:
- Seeking to knock down a Republican talking point on the $40 billion state spending plan passed over the weekend, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza released a video Wednesday declaring that legislators won’t be getting raises in the budget year that begins July 1.
“Some state legislators seem to think they’ll be getting a pay raise this year,” Mendoza says in the minute-long video. “The answer is: No, they won’t."
As debate over the budget stretched into the early-morning hours Sunday, some Republicans in the Illinois House and Senate objected to the lack of language specifically blocking the automatic cost-of-living raises legislators are granted under state law.
[...] While it’s true that no such language was included, the budget lawmakers approved would not provide any money to cover the cost of legislator raises, which means they won’t be seeing a pay bump, according to Mendoza, a Chicago Democrat whose job includes writing lawmakers’ paychecks. “Here’s how much money the General Assembly appropriated for legislator raises … in this year’s budget: Zero," Mendoza says in the video. “Which means, here’s how much more money I will be putting in their paychecks this year: Zero.”
We think that Mendoza is positioning herself for another shot at the mayor's office. She was our bet last year in the crowded field and seeing as how Groot is cratering in every metric of being an actual leader, it'll be another toss-up race in three years. Unless she's got her sights on the Durbin's Senate seat?
ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADER
MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2020
Moral corruption is worse than regular corruption, don't you know!
Comptroller Susana Mendoza calls red-light camera program ‘broken and morally corrupt,’ plans to halt ticket collections, this proclamation has nothing to do with the Feds investigation of former Ald. Solis, who has been accused of regular corruption
Susana Mendoza’s agency has been helping dozens of suburbs collect from red-light violators who haven’t paid up. But no longer. She’s urging towns to consider scrapping their red-light cameras altogether.
By Robert Herguth and Tina Sfondeles Jan 6, 2020, 5:00am CST
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The city of Chicago got its first red-light cameras in 2003. In 2006, the General Assembly passed legislation allowing them in the suburbs. Sun-Times Media
Since 2012, the Illinois Comptroller’s office has served as a sort of collection agency for communities
Susana Mendoza’s agency has been helping dozens of suburbs collect from red-light violators who haven’t paid up. But no longer. She’s urging towns to consider scrapping their red-light cameras altogether.
By Robert Herguth and Tina Sfondeles Jan 6, 2020, 5:00am CST
The city of Chicago got its first red-light cameras in 2003. In 2006, the General Assembly passed legislation allowing them in the suburbs. Sun-Times MediaSince 2012, the Illinois Comptroller’s office has served as a sort of collection agency for communities
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017
This guy has clout? Chicago Clout is the best kind.
Mendoza on hit-and-run suspect: 'a menace to society', yea, yea, yea.
John "Quarters" Boyle, who's gone to prison twice on corruption charges, was back in a courtroom Tuesday.
He's accused of fleeing from a hit-and-run accident on the Northwest Side.
One of Illinois’ top elected officials recorded video from that hit-and-run and has a personal interest in the case.
“Guys like this get away with what they get away with because nobody stands up to them,” state comptroller Susana Mendoza said.
In July, while out on a bike ride, Mendoza recorded video of what she believed was a drunken driver
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020
BUMPED UP: The truth about Susana Mendoza
Mendoza purges herself of $141,550 from Solis and company his sister founded
By Fran Spielman Jan 24, 2019, 9:45am CST
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Mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza is interviewed by reporter Fran Spielman in the Sun-Times newsroom last year. File Photo. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times
Mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza is purging herself of $141,550 in campaign contributions received over the years from Ald. Danny Solis (25th) and from a debt collection firm founded by Solis’ sister and an attorney with close ties to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Mendoza’s quick about-face comes one day after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Solis, retiring
By Fran Spielman Jan 24, 2019, 9:45am CST
Mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza is interviewed by reporter Fran Spielman in the Sun-Times newsroom last year. File Photo. | Rich Hein/Sun-TimesMayoral candidate Susana Mendoza is purging herself of $141,550 in campaign contributions received over the years from Ald. Danny Solis (25th) and from a debt collection firm founded by Solis’ sister and an attorney with close ties to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Mendoza’s quick about-face comes one day after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Solis, retiring
Susanna didn't like Paul Vallas calling her Susan or Susie during a mayoral debate. She firmly replied it's Susana. 😁
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