Governor Quinn’s budget plan is bad for Illinois.

It would undermine public safety, harm services for the vulnerable and wipe out thousands of jobs.

Cutting Jobs.
Pat Quinn says his top priority is creating jobs, but his plan would eliminate nearly 3,000 middle-class jobs in communities across the state. State employees who provide important public services would be laid off throughout Illinois, and the ripple effects would be felt by scores of local business and community institutions.

Hurting Health Care and Human Services.
Pat Quinn’s plan would force individuals with severe developmental disabilities out of state centers that provide intensive round-the-clock support and services -- ignoring the pleas of their families. He also wants to shutter two state psychiatric hospitals, which advocates say means mentally ill individuals in crisis will end up in emergency
rooms, on the streets, or in jail. Quinn is trying to close 24 human service offices that provide Food Stamps and Medicaid to people in need, and in the child-protection agency, DCFS, he is ignoring a statewide staffing crisis that puts kids at risk.

Threatening Public Safety.
If Pat Quinn gets his way, two adult prisons and two youth centers will be shuttered, making every other prison more crowded and dangerous. He also wants to close six Adult Transition Centers, letting 1,000 inmates out of prison early -- even as he lays off half the parole agents responsible for monitoring them! Meanwhile, Quinn is trying to close a state police crime lab and move 21 local state police call centers into just four regional hubs, slowing emergency response times acrosshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Illinois. Giving Tax Breaks to Big Corporations. Governor Quinn claims he's cutting public services and thousands of jobs because he can't afford to pay for them. But just two months ago he signed a bill giving hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax breaks to corporations like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Sears -- which turned around and laid off hundreds of Illinois workers.

You can help!

1. Sign our petition at www.NoQuinnCuts.com.
2. Call your state legislator at 888-912-5959.
Tell them Pat Quinn’s budget plan is wrong for Illinois.