Alliance to Protect the Illinois Constitution

Add comment September 12th, 2008

Lena Parsons and other folks involved in the Alliance to protect the Illinois Constitution will be here to talk to members of the Editorial Board today. Here’s her summary of what they will tell us:

The Alliance is united in a couple of major points: Con con is costly and unnecessary, based on the last con con, costs could be upwards of $80 million (revised from our initial tally of $100m based on more research.)

Con con gives our elected officials a pass on real reform while we wait for the convention to me held - the best way to fix Springfield is to pick new elected officials.

The Illinois Constitution works - it is a very progressive citizen-friendly document for its time, and remains so even today. It provides for very important provisions we wouldn’t want to loose such as limits on income taxation, prohibits employment and housing discrimination, prohibits redlining (discriminatory business practices), safeguards against hate crime, and provides for religious freedom.

Here’s a link to our web site, where you can find more details on our position.