Bruce Rauner says his biggest disappointment as Illinois governor is Rahm Emanuel.
There's been no state budget for almost a year.
Universities have threatened layoffs...or even closure.
Social services for children and the elderly have not been paid.
But Rauner says his biggest disappointment as governor is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel - for not standing up to his Democratic ally House Speaker Michael Madigan.
"Only in Chicago, only in the state of Illinois do politicians stand up and declare victory and take a victory lap when they don't pay pensions. Who is that a victory for? That's not a victory for anybody. That's a major long-term loss for the taxpayers of Chicago."
Rauner's referring to a plan from Emanuel to extend the time the city has to put money into its underfunded police and fire retirement systems.
Rauner is also comparing some Chicago Public Schools to prisons.
The state currently has no plan for how to fund schools. And the plans that Democrats have come up with so far - Governor Rauner has ridiculed for giving too much to Chicago Public Schools.
Monday - Rauner once again raised the idea of CPS declaring bankruptcy for its bad finances...and its bad infrastructure.
"Many of them are inadequate. Many of them are woeful. And some are just tragic. Many of them are basically, almost crumbling prisons. They're not a place a young person should be educated."
That comment drew immediate sharp rebuke.
Chicago Alderman Howard Brookins called it racist rhetoric. And State Representative Christian Mitchell says Rauner's trying to make Chicago Public Schools the boogeyman to divide the state.
