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" Dear Illinois republican party,

Please put forth candidates that aren't trolls so I can vote these jerks out of office.
I'm getting by on substantially less than 70k a year. They can too. I'm a democrat and aside from Madigan, these jerks don't represent me. It's like they're all little Dubya's, Cheney's and Delay's, evil and without souls.

So please, Republicans, put up credible, humane, opponents. Give me a reason to vote in Illinois elections.

Sincerely,
Crimson "

" They failed to block their own pay raise LAST YEAR, not a few years ago. Emil Jones needs to go. He has outlived his usefulness in the Senate, except to himself, his banker and his boss, Mayor Daley. He will not bring the raises to a vote, therefore ever Legislator will get it. Then, there is NO INCENTIVE to pass anything meaningful before the session is due to come to a close, so they will extend the session and get paid above their non-voted pay raise for each and everyday that they say that they are in session, even if it is only an hour or two. What a bunch of useless criminals we have in the General Assembly. "

" Public servants need to look at their elected position as serving their electorate, not as a vocation. Many of the state and federal salaries are already way too high and there are those making a career out of "public service." The founders never intended that to happen. Serve your community and then go home and get a real job! Emil Jones comment was pathetic. What a class envy statement. Go home Emil and get a real job and earn all the money you feel you need, but don't take the hard earned money from the tax payers of this state! "

" PS-vote i november. Against every incumbent. Who cares if they are democrats or republicans. These people act like it's just their money they are spending. "

" Didn't they get a pay raise a few years ago? Hasn't Emil got enough money from Ameren? I am against this pay increase because they aren't deserving. Get a real job. "

" 2-3% like the rest of us is reasonable, but I would kill to have that kind of salary. That's almost as much and my wife and I combined. I guarantee we work harder and longer for it too AND we get our jobs done....they still haven't made last years budget and another year is almost gone by. "

" I would not begrudge them a pay raise if our state was in a better financial position, and maybe not even in its present financial crunch if they were asking for a reasonable amount...but does it have to be 11.7%?! That's outrageous! "