Pritzker withholding Federal stimulus money from the citiesArchived Message
Posted by Riverbender on October 20, 2020, 11:59 am
Imagine that. Here we are being told how we need a new tax system while our great Democrat Governor Pritzker sits on 96% of the Federal funds that were targeted for our cities. Naturally Chicago was taken care of but the rest of the State flounders. Please note that the funding can be used for police and fire protection but always Democrats could care less about downstate. Funny how they seem to get elected though.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration captured $219 million in federal funds that Congress and President Donald Trump approved months ago. About 4 percent has been paid to local governments across the state, according to documents from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
The money is meant for local governments and is not part of the billions of dollars that went directly to Chicago and other larger governments like Cook County.
Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe said it’s been frustrating the city hasn’t had access to that money.
“The way it was set up in Illinois was kind of screwy because this is federal money that was supposed to come to us to help us,” Moore Wolfe told WMAY.
Restrictions have eased on what the money can be used for, Moore Wolfe notes, allowing for police and fire costs to be covered.
on October 20, 2020, 11:59 am