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Treasurer Says Politics Standing in way of Savings

IL Treasurer Dan Rutherford
IL Treasurer Dan Rutherford

Illinois' Treasurer contends political considerations are preventing the state from saving $12-million.Republican Dan Rutherford says the savings would come from combining his office with the Comptroller's.    Rutherford says just three republicans have served as Treasurer or Comptroller in the past 40 years, so he says  democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan is not inclined to call the  proposal for a vote. Rutherford says there is no need for two financial officers because the Auditor General double-checks the state's books.    But critics of the measure say it does not provide enough safeguards.

Rutherford says consolidating the two offices would save the state about $12 Million dollars annuals

 

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