The governor signed it. That was Pat Quinn.
The voters saw right through it. They elected a new governor. That's Bruce Rauner.
And this year, having learned their lesson, the Democrats who run the Illinois House and Senate are ... wait. What? They're going to do it all over again?
Really?
They're apparently preparing to pass another phony budget, one that promises to spend much more money than the state has.
And the governor? Oh, that's right. There was an election.
Gov. Bruce Rauner spent his first months in office fixing the phony budget his predecessor signed. Read the Chicago Tribune editorial in its entirety.