What happened? Nothing really.

Well the elected could not figure out how to pass a budget but they sort of finished up some other items.

STAR Bonds are a go for the Marion area according to the House. The Senate will vote sometime before May 31, they had to leave a few weeks early since they finished what they get paid to do.

If passed we'll wait and see how long it takes for a STAR Bond district to pop up in Glen Carbon and for Chicago to divert all state sales tax back to itself with the use of this new tool.

In regards to the budget the officials will take some time off and come back before the end of May for "a couple of days" to pass a budget. They have been working on it for months and they'll come back for a few days to pass one? Wouldn't it be better served to stay a few weeks more and work out the details on the budget rather than having meetings between a few people at a time in Chicago with Gov. Quinn to make agreements to get what you want?

It will not be what we as citizens want or need, I guarantee the budget will be the same useless proposal that we have seen for the past few years.