Southland officials are touting new legislation in a bid to get Gov. J.B. Pritzker to support the proposed South Suburban Airport.
But overall, Southland officials have been disappointed by Pritzker’s apparent lack of support for the airport.“We don’t quite understand why this administration is having trouble with a large-scale economic development project that will bring jobs, money and resources to the state of Illinois,” Davis told a group of more than 100 local officials and business leaders. “I can’t figure out why he has a problem with that.
“He’s heard from us,” Davis said. “He knows this is something that’s important to us and valuable to us here in the Southland region. Why he just doesn’t seem to want to move forward with it, I have no idea.”Pritzker’s press office did not immediately respond Friday to a request for reaction to the legislation proposed by Davis.
Davis encouraged officials to ask Pritzker to support the airport if the incumbent governor seeks their support in his bid for a second term. Pritzker faces Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey in the Nov. 8 election.“In a political season, we know the governor’s folks will come out here to the Southland and say, ‘Hey, I need you guys to support me, I need to defeat the Republican,’” Davis said. “I get that. I’m a Democrat, I’m going to support the governor no matter what.
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