Before voting for President, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment to dedicate transportation funding.
Let’s look at who has lined up where on the issue:
- For dedicated transportation funding:
- construction
- unions
- Chamber of Commerce
- Opposed to dedicated transportation funding:
- those who support social service funding, e.g.:
- Heartland Alliance
- Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- tax groups who question the math, e.g.:
- The Civic Federation
- those who support social service funding, e.g.:
Daily Herald | Opponents emerge against Illinois road fund ballot question