<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425265937039_3011"> <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425265937039_3208" href="http://www.goldercenter.illinois.edu/">http://www.goldercenter.illinois.edu/</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425265937039_3012"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425265937039_3013" dir="ltr">Rauner's private equity firm is GTCR. The R stands for Rauner, the G for Golder, who died a while back after endowing a center for research into private equity at UIUC business school. As Appelbaum/Batt point out in their book "Private Equity at Work," business school research supporting private equity is rife with conflict of interest. Case in point. This is corruption on a grand scale right under our noses. I know it's a tired phrase, but you really can't make this stuff up. You couldn't have even made it up before Rauner became governor.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425265937039_3028" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425265937039_3029" dir="ltr">DG</div></div></body></html>