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Jacobs gets eviction notice for Moline legislative office
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| News Date | Thursday, October 8, 2009 12:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Jacobs gets eviction notice for Moline legislative office
State Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-East Moline is facing eviction from his Moline office because the state hasn't paid the rent.
Illinois also is behind on State Rep. Mike Boland's office, but he hasn't yet received an eviction notice.
Illinois owes Sen. Jacobs' landlord $8,400, the cost of a year's rent, for the 606 19th St. office previously used by his father, Denny Jacobs. A new occupancy contract was signed July 1, at which time the rent should have been paid, said Sen. Jacobs' legislative assistant Dawn Shelton.
"I've been here 20 years, and this is one of the worst times I've seen as far as getting bills paid," she said. The office cable TVservice already has been disconnected for non-payment.
The Illinois comptroller's office has basically told Sen. Jacobs to get in line.
"What is clear is that, as bad as our budget situation has been recently, it is only getting worse," Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes said in a recent e-mail response to complaints from the landlord of Sen. Jacobs' office about the overdue rent.
"We cannot pay our bills, and there is less money coming in than anticipated," Comptroller Hynes statement said. "The state of Illinois continues to be in a major fiscal crisis, and the situation continues to deteriorate."
The state has amassed a record-setting backlog of about $2.9 billion in unpaid bills as of Sept. 30, according to Mr. Hynes.
Rent for Rep. Boland's office at 4416 River Drive in Moline is less than $500 per month. But the state hasn't paid it since July, said Rep. Boland's chief of staff Mike Huntoon.
Rep. Pat Verschoore, D-Milan, rents an office in the Rock Island County Administration Building. His rent has been prepaid, he said.
Other area agencies are also feeling Illinois' penny pinch. The Martin Luther King Center in Rock Island relies heavily on funds from the Illinois Department of Human Services. Although executive director Jerry Jones said th |
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