The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and News-Gazette all said voters should say ‘no’ to Amendment 1. They see it as giving government unions power to force higher taxes and weaker laws.
Five independent news editorial boards or their columnists have studied Amendment 1 and come to the same conclusion: Illinois voters should reject it Nov. 8.
The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago and the News-Gazette in Champaign all advised Illinoisans to vote against the ballot proposal after concluding the tax implications and vague language make it dangerous and would hurt state finance reform efforts.
The opinions cast the constitutional amendment as a needless government union power grab. They state those behind the “Workers’ Rights Amendment” are misleading Illinois voters about who the proposal would explicitly benefit.
Editorial board members at the News-Gazette went a step farther, calling the amendment a “Trojan horse” that would tie lawmakers’ hands from addressing Illinois’ future policy problems.
Read what the 5 wrote here.
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