{"id":535585,"date":"2010-04-20T13:19:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c60fd53ef01348001927a970c"},"modified":"2010-04-20T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T17:19:29","slug":"quinn-releases-tax-returns-calls-on-foe-to-do-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535585","title":{"rendered":"Quinn releases tax returns, calls on foe to do same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Monique Garcia<\/em> at 12:15 p.m.<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn released his tax returns today and turned his disclosure into a campaign issue by calling on Republican rival Sen. Bill Brady to do the same or drop out.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said there is \u201csomething not right\u201d about Brady\u2019s refusal to release his tax information, suggesting Brady is trying to hide business interests that could conflict with holding the state\u2019s top office. <\/p>\n<p>Asked to offer up proof, Quinn acknowledged he had none, but said the situation sets itself up for a conflict of interest. Brady is the oldest of three brothers in a family real estate, development and construction business.\n<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to sway voters before the November election, Quinn said the tradition of politicians releasing tax information is about transparency, and added taxpayers deserve to know the financial situation of those running for office, particularly given\u2019s Illinois\u2019 political history and the public\u2019s lack of faith in elected officials. <br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>\u201cAs everyone knows we\u2019ve had two governors preceding me that got into a lot of trouble, one\u2019s in jail, one\u2019s under indictment,\u201d Quinn said, referring to predecessors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich. \u201c Illinois doesn\u2019t need a shady governor. I think it\u2019s very important we have a governor that\u2019s open, direct, and accessible.\u201d <br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>\u201cI think anybody who wants to aspire to this office and doesn\u2019t want to disclose their tax return really should re-think their candidacy, because I think this is fundamental to making sure the governor of our state does not have any conflicts of interest that would in any way harm the people of Illinois.\u201d<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Brady said last week that he didn\u2019t think there was a reason to release his tax forms. Brady\u2019s campaign could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Brady won&#8217;t release his income tax returns or reveal his net worth.<br \/>\nThe Tribune reported earlier this year that state economic interest<br \/>\nstatements outline holdings that include property management, an Amish<br \/>\nfurniture store, a Days Inn in Danville and an interest in the<br \/>\nBloomington indoor football team. Florida records showed he owns a Fort<br \/>\nLauderdale condominium that he said he bought in recent years for<br \/>\n$380,000.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn reported an adjusted gross income of $157,122 in 2009, including his salary as governor, interest income and withdrawal from his pension account. He paid $27,547 in federal income tax and $4,468 in state income tax. Quinn became governor in late January after Blagojevich was impeached and removed by the General Assembly.<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>Running mate Sheila Simon, a Carbondale law instructor, filed jointly with husband Perry Knop. They reported an adjusted gross income of $152,507, including $13,121 in business income from musical performances and consultation work. The couple pain $22,894 in federal income tax and $4,117 in state income tax. <br \/><\/br>\u00a0<br \/><\/br>Simon, who was not at Quinn&#8217;s Chicago news conference, plays banjo and bassoon in a band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Monique Garcia at 12:15 p.m. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn released his tax returns today and turned his disclosure into a campaign issue by calling on Republican rival Sen. Bill Brady to do the same or drop out. The governor said there is \u201csomething not right\u201d about Brady\u2019s refusal to release his tax information, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3992,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3992"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}