Watch state spend wildly at new website

The state’s budget mess is a ticking time bomb and now Illinois residents can watch as it explodes.

A Web site launched by the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago displays a ticker that counts up Illinois’ debt. On Friday evening, the number was around $128,586,300,000 and swiftly on the rise.

The site, www.IllinoisIsBroke.com, is coupled with a media campaign that asks voters “Which candidates will be the best ones to fix the mess?”

The civic committee isn’t in the business of political endorsements, so don’t ask them who those candidates are. However, President Eden Martin said he hopes voters take a better look at the individuals running for office.