There’s an old expression in politics that if you go far enough to the extreme political left, you’ll invariably hit the extreme right. That definitely applies to one of the odder political couplings I’ve seen in a while: the story of how Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Chicago Teachers Union happened to end up in the sack together, with the libertarian Illinois Policy Institute providing mood music.

I’m talking about Rauner’s amendatory veto of the bill revamping the state’s school aid formula. It’s not what he did so much as how. And why.

Well, at least we’ve moved on to phase II of the education funding reform fight.

The now-famous Senate Bill 1 was finally sent to Gov. BRUCE RAUNER last week who, as promised, rewrote it using his amendatory veto powers. Now everyone gets to stake out their positions based on what Rauner actually did to the bill.

Illinois lawmakers have yet to pass a school funding formula. The Illinois Senate has just ten days left to take action. If the bill passes the Senate, the House will have 15 days.

If a school funding formula is not in place by August 10, school districts throughout Illinois will not receive this year’s state funding.

Toni Taxwinkle’s ridiculous and unfair pop tax — one cent per ounce on sweetened beverages sold in Cook County — must be met with a serious response.

So from now on, let’s have another law:

Any politician who promotes a tax increase by mouthing ridiculous, idiotic cliches like “It’s for the children,” or “It’s really a public health issue,” when it’s not really for the children or a public health issue, should immediately be fined $10,000.

Lake in the Hills Sanitary District officials appeared desperate to close any land deal they could in Kane County to foil attempts to consolidate it into village government, records show.

Private email communications between district officials and engineers, attorneys and real estate brokers reveal a frenzied attempt in recent months to expand the district across the county line in order to exempt the district from a new law that allows county boards to consolidate some of the state’s almost 7,000 units of local government.