Proof our leaders need political experience

We are seeing, at both the national and state level, what happens when you elect a millionaire with no political experience. In Illinois, Gov Rauner has prevented a budget from being passed, and the collateral damage has impacted thousands of people who are the neediest among us. He is holding up a state budget now for over two years on these points:

• Term Limits - we have elections every two years. If voters want to make a change, they always have that opportunity. We don't need a governor to hold the budget hostage over that item. • Second - Freeze property taxes - Might sound good to some people, but think about it. Why should the state government prevent your city, town or village from meeting its obligations in education, safety and health. Suppose a medical crisis arose, would you want your municipality to be prevented from treating or caring for the elderly or the ill because they couldn't raise the money to provide for them? Recently the Emerald ash borer created a safety issue by weakening trees and these trees had to be removed so they didn't fall on people. Do you want the State to prevent your municipality from fixing the problem?

What if your schools became overcrowded? Do you want the state (which has proved itself to be unable to act) to prevent your municipality from adding school facilities? Gov/ Rauner is dead wrong on these two points and we should all contact our state congressional officials to let them know how they should vote.

Bob Hedrich

Buffalo Grove