Lawrence welk orchestra salaries6/19/2023 ![]() And we are in the advanced competition, trying to learn the "Taxation Three-Step" as the Lawrence Welk Orchestra plays selections from Ludacris. We are contestants on "Dancing with the State." Our partner is a drunken sailor with two left feet. What do you think would happen if that were the case? Do you think our state government finally might figure out how to get its bills paid if it meant that lawmakers would go without their salaries until they did so? In our opinion, the first bills that the state should delay payment on should be the paychecks of our state legislators and officeholders. State government is allowed to go on with its deficit spending, an option not available to those in the private sector. Unfortunately, as the system now stands, there are no repercussions for elected officials who fail to make the hard choices needed to allow Illinois to pay its bills. ![]() (Links to the full versions of them appear below to the left.) ![]() And we were not the only one speaking about it on the editorial page. We were not the only newspaper working with The Associated Press on this project.
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