It may not be until after the March primary election that state lawmakers approve a 2016 budget, McHenry County lawmakers warned.

 

They find the idea even more abhorrent than the fact the state has gone almost seven months without a budget, and they pledged to help push for getting a deal done as soon as possible once lawmakers reconvene Jan. 13 for the spring legislative session.

 

To Democratic Rep. Jack Franks and Republican Rep. Mike Tryon, it’s election-year politics over people, and who can blame whom. The state fiscal year started July 1.

 

“The governor will be giving his budget address for the next fiscal year, and we don’t even have a budget for this fiscal year. That’s how messed up this is. We are the ultimate freak show,” said Franks, D-Marengo.

 

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