North Cook News

Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison is shocked the state isn’t in even more dire straits given the way he thinks Springfield does business.

“Illinois has operated for over 30 years applying poor fiscal decision making throughout our major municipalities, counties and certainly state government agencies and what should have been a clear and obvious cause and effect of those policies are not at hand,” Morrison told the North Cook News. “Lifelong bureaucrats over promised, expanded government, protected special interests and abused their positions for self-gain.”

Morrison argues it’s all gone a long way in now leaving Illinois on an island all of its own as states fight to recover from the effects of the still lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the latest Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) data, the state has lost jobs in two of the last three months, with the decline coming at a time when much of the rest of the country is showing signs of stabilizing to the tune of seven straight months of job growth.

Not surprisingly the bulk of the job losses across Illinois have come in the leisure and hospitality industry, which lost upwards of 27,000 during the month of November alone as the governor’s ban on indoor dining took greater effect with the changing calendar.

“Pritzker’s policies have hurt Illinois a great deal,” Morrison added. “His nonsensical, draconian restrictions have nearly crippled the economy and placed incalculable burdens on working families in our state.”

Morrison said he worries things will get worse before they get better barring major change in Springfield.

“We will see the direct cause and impact of these horrible lockdowns for years to come,” he said. “Continued unemployment, more private sector companies lost and permanently closing their doors, leading to mortgages foreclosed, cars repossessed and kids tuition not paid.”