(CHICAGO) A group of state representatives filed a lawsuit over legislator pay against Illinois state Comptroller Leslie Munger on Friday — Munger’s last day in office, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
The suit was filed by Reps. Emmanuel Chris Welch, Kate Cloonen, Mary Flowers, Sonya Harper, Lisa Hernandez and Silvana Tabares.
Legislators haven’t been paid since June. Several have been vocal about their disdain over not getting paid amid the state’s budget impasse — on the Senate and House floors and in private.
“The decision by multimillionaire Comptroller Leslie Munger and billionaire Gov. Bruce Rauner was a thinly veiled attempt to force their political opponents into taking positions in support of the governor’s positions and against the beliefs of their constituents,” Welch said in a statement. “Many lawmakers don’t have the multimillion dollar side incomes the governor and comptroller enjoy.”
Munger was appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner to the comptroller post after the death of former Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka. Democrat Susana Mendoza defeated Munger in the November election and will be sworn in Monday.
