Feb. 22, 2016 - Kane County Chronicle | Original article

by Ashley Sloboda

GENEVA – For everyone who bad-mouths the state legislature, Kane County Board member Brian Pollock wants them to know that the lawmakers do good as well.

Thanks to their support, two bills passed last year are expected to annually bring in about $3 million to Kane County, Pollock said Monday during the Kane County Legislative Committee Breakfast.

“They did do a lot,” he told the crowd, which included state Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora; state Rep. Steve Andersson, R-Geneva; and state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, D-Aurora. “We do appreciate it.”

Holmes, a former County Board member, said she misses county government because of its ability to accomplish items. She said she doesn’t see the state budget impasse ending any time soon.

“We are no longer functional,” she said of Springfield.

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