Speaker Madigan is failing to do his job

House Speaker Madigan, have you forgotten who you work for? In case you have, let me remind you that you work for the people of Illinois.

An important part of your job is interacting with the governor. Yet, you refuse to do that.

You won't go to important meetings attended by the governor because you don't like him, how juvenile.

You and your contingent fight the governor and his contingent and the Republicans look on from their ringside seats as if they were watching a sporting event. Meanwhile, our state teeters on the edge of insolvency.

I am not very fond of the governor either, but he is the governor, the one your party gave us. Fight him all you want, but don't refuse to do your job just because you don't like to be in the same room with him.

So, Mr. Madigan, grow up and do your job, the job you were elected to do, the job that we pay you to do. If you can't, then step aside.

Ron Flowers

Elk Grove Village