State Representative Allen Skillicorn, R-Crystal Lake, says he has formally started the process to recall Governor JB Pritzker, D-Illinois.
Rep. Skillicorn says he’s moving forward with the process due to ongoing issues with the state’s unemployment claims website.
“The Governor has had ample time to fix this website,” Skillicorn said. “I called him out on it, and nothing has been addressed nor has there been a plan presented to fix the problems. Enough is enough. The incompetence cannot continue.”
Rep. Skillicorn says this is a timeline of the Governor’s “failings”:
- March 21, 2020 – Statewide stay at home order goes into effect.
- April 15, 2020 – CBS 2 in Chicago reports that the State of Illinois was not getting help from the US Department of Labor because the state never asked for the help.
- April 24, 2020 – The State of Illinois enters into a no-bid contract with Deloitte Consulting LLC.
- May 15, 2020 – A breach of secure information is discovered by Rep. Terri Bryant who notified the Governor’s office.
- May 22, 2020 – Still no answers. No credit monitoring. The Governor’s office still has not informed victims of the breach.
“The US Department of Labor offered to help Illinois, but our Governor refused the help,” Skillicorn said. “In typical Chicago Democrat fashion, the Governor decided the best way to fix the website was to hand out a lavish no-bid contract. Now secure data has been unleashed into the public domain. It is an epic failure.”
