The town hall meeting about budget cuts called by Sen. Don Harmon in Elmwood Park on April 6, had words of defense for the cuts from just one person, among scores of complaints.
About an hour into the meeting, in the main meeting room of the public library just off Grand Avenue a half-mile west of Harlem, a man asked about “the elephant in the room,” meaning the state’s fiscal crisis. “Don’t blame it all on [Gov.] Rauner,” he said. The stories of being harmed by the cuts are important, he continued, but so are the state’s financial problems.
When the man finished, after a slight pause Harmon announced the availability of water bottles “up here, which some might like, since it’s rather warm in here.” Then he gave the floor to Rep. Camille Lilly, who stood next to him in front of 100 or so people packed into the…
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Blithe Spirit 
Whine, whine, whine. We’re insolvent so now the pain must be borne.
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