Give credit to someone on the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board for originating the word,

“Quinncidence“

From the January 23, 2011, Chicago Tribune.

It was inspired by the appointment of lame duck State Rep. Careen Gordon, a Morris Democrat who now lives in Chicago who voted for the 67% income tax hike and then got appointed to a cushy job as a member of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.

Just a coincidence, of course.

The Tribune and others are watching to see if the other lame ducks, listed below, also land government jobs after voting to hike income taxes:

• Deanna Demuzio, Carlinville
• Louise Viverito, Burbank
• Mike Boland, East Moline
• Michael Carberry, Oak Lawn
• Robert Fidler, Mount Zion
• Paul Froehlich, Schaumburg
• Betsy Hannig, Gilespie
• Jay Hoffman, Collinsville
• David Miller, Lynwood
• Kathleen Moore, Chicago
• John O’Sullivan, Worth Township
• Michael Smith, Canton
• Mark Walker, Arlington Heights