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To: LindyBill who wrote (288970)	1/22/2009 9:51:18 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 793914

Mayor Daley reveals IQ --------------------------------------------- Daley blames mental health centers closing on 'S-A-T-E' funding cuts Comments January 22, 2009 BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Mayor Daley today blamed the closing of four of the city's 12 mental health centers on a $1.2 million state funding cut. There's only one problem: He forgot how to spell the word "state." "We didn't cut. It was the state of Illinois that didn't fund us. See, you got the facts wrong. The state of Illinois funds those centers. We did not cut. They have cut state mental health facilities all over the state," Daley said. "That is state money. Underline that: S-A-T-E money. It's called state money. Let's get the facts. These facts are not correct. So, you have to correct people. ... It's state money. That's what we're trying to work out--all over the state. It's not Chicago. [It's] all over the state." As the mayor turned "state" into a four-letter word, public officials gathered behind him at a City Hall news conference chuckled. They were there to encourage Chicagoans to apply for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and to take advantage of the city's offer of free income tax preparation services. The misspelling wasn't the only mistake Daley made Thursday. Under questioning about West Side Ald. Sharon Dixon's drunk driving arrest, the mayor said, "People are arrested for drunk driving every day -- even many of your people are who work in the Fifth, uh Fourth Estate." Chicago operates a dozen mental health centers at an annual cost of $13 million, more than half of it state funding. The decision to close four of those centers Feb. 1 -- and consolidate patients and staff at the eight centers that remain open -- has met with fierce opposition from public health advocates.