Faced with an untenable multi-billion dollar budget deficit he inherited from his Democratic predecessor, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order as one of his first acts in office halting any major interstate highway construction projects, including the proposed 57-mile Illiana Expressway connecting I-55 and I-65, a toll road project Indiana and Illinois planned to undertake jointly.
Gov. Mike Pence foolishly supports the project he inherited from Gov. Mitch Daniels, a privately-undertaken project backed with state highway dollars that is guaranteed to fail when it generates inadequate toll revenues but certain to make big bucks for campaign contributors. Perhaps Gov. Pence should use this time to do some reflecting and use his brain for once instead of doing what he's told to do by his campaign contributors.
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