{"id":6586,"date":"2012-05-08T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:46","slug":"beer-politics-its-all-in-the-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/beer-politics-its-all-in-the-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s All In The Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"
With little fanfare, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn made an appointment to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission on Friday May 4th.<\/p>\n
Cynthia Cahill is the appointee. She is a partner at an accounting firm in the suburbs, has been a long-time friend of the governor’s and her brother is a former state senator and current DuPage County board chairman.<\/p>\n
Normally my former-political reporter self would be up in arms over the apparent nepotism at work here. But not today. No, today the red flag waving in front of my face is over the timing of this appointment.<\/p>\n
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission is meeting tomorrow, a mere 5 days after Cynthia Cahill was appointed. And we’re hearing whispers that are rising to a roar over a possible decision regarding Anheuser-Busch, WEDCO and City Beverage.<\/p>\n
The timing is curious.<\/p>\n
So we went to the source on this one for an explanation, the governor’s office. We asked a spokesperson about the timing of this appointment. She responded by leaping to the defense of Ms. Cahill and her qualifications to hold the post which, by the way, pays $32,800 a year and comes with pension benefits and healthcare.<\/p>\n
Lost in translation, seemingly, was our concern with the timing<\/em>. You see, we don’t really care who was appointed. It’s when the appointment happened, five days before what could be a pivotal vote by the commission. We pressed further on the curious timing of the appointment and we received a one sentence response.<\/p>\n “Governor Quinn is very confident in her abilities and she\u2019ll be an asset to the board during all decisions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This appointment comes after Governor Quinn re-appointed two other commission members, Don O’Connell and James Pandolfi.<\/p>\n