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Re: Question of the day

phocion — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:18:44 -0000

Don't read blogs.

Re: Question of the day

this voter will remember — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:38:15 -0000

To help with morale, get rid of all the Blagojevich appointees. Fumigate like you said you were going to do, stop flip-flopping on the issues.

Re: Question of the day

Can't Say My Nickname — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:38:00 -0000

State employees had alot to do with Blago's fall from office. They know where all the bones are buried. Most turn the other cheek and keep information to themselves as long as their raises, pensions and benefits are left alone.

Re: Question of the day

Wumpus — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:40:11 -0000

grow a set

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the truth — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:03:49 -0000

Your operations staffer fired a lot of talented, hardworking, honest and dedicated public servants who were NOT given the privilege to be judged according to their merits. My advice, don't break your trust with the people of illinois (or repair what you can). I certainly can't take your word for it.

Re: Question of the day

Address the basics — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:33:41 -0000

Address the leadership at DCFS, DHS, and HFS. Not necessarily advocating fumigation, although some most certainly need to go. These three very important gov't agencies have functioned for 9 months without leadership chosen by the Governor.

Re: Question of the day

You Go Boy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:56:46 -0000

Give as much emphasis, focus and vigor to addressing waste and fraud in government as you do pitching higher taxes, which logically means yet more waste and abuse. I'm not saying hikes are not warranted - just show you are doing something about the other side of the ledger.

Re: Question of the day

former state employee — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:37:16 -0000

I echo all those who have said you need to begin the fumigation, and begin it now. It is already long overdue!! If someone needs a sponsor to keep their coveted state job, then maybe they are not really doing their job, but "relying on the kindness of strangers". (not really strangers, but sponsors of all types)

Re: Question of the day

A Moderate's Moderate — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:14:01 -0000

no more purple ties.

Re: Question of the day

Responsa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:05:29 -0000

Governor, Illinoisans en masse are sick to death of the antics and arrogance of career politicians and the fiscal disaster wrought by years of politics as usual. Circumstances-- and your own history-- have given you a small window to show you can be different on both counts. Don't blow it by trying to be too clever by half. And step back from the pandering to constituencies which will not have your best interests at heart no matter what you do.

Re: Question of the day

MrJM — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:41:45 -0000

Rum + Coke = Magic

Re: Question of the day

VanillaMan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:29:27 -0000

Seriously -
Governor, you have been given an opportunity the rest of us will never have. You have been a fixture in Illinois long enough to know that you are not the normal type of guy that gets elected as a Democratic governor. So, consider it a miracle.

We don't want nuthin' to do with the last guy who held the governor's office. Every time you kick someone out the door, every time you tell the truth, every time you take a stand, you remind us that you are not Blagojevich, and that is a big plus.

Do your job, sir. Strip the abilities of legislators to have their pet projects, paid for and built by Illinoisans, named after them. We have been fighting two wars, and it is far more fitting and proper to name public projects after our fallen heroes than after the flea-bitten, flatulent grandstander who shephered it through the General Assembly. If you do this, it will help set our priorities in order. It will reward those who sacrificed their all over rewarded those who play games in Springfield and Chicago. It fits your image as a man respectful of our military, and it will enhance your image greatly.

Ignor Dan Hynes. He is the damn comptroller who squeaked annually when the heavy lifting in the GA required leadership. Being a canary in a coal mine doesn't make it an eagle, being Dan Hynes over the past decade doesn't make him someone to listen to. Dan Hynes couldn't even update the comptroller's antique Cold Fusion website over the past decade, so just how is he going to update a fund-less Illinois?

Beside - everytime you take on Dan Hynes, you force voters to wonder where you have been since 2002 - and you don't really want to go there, do you?

Re: Question of the day

enough — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:27:44 -0000

Hire competent people in the Govs office!!!! You have kids running your office with egos larger than Rods that pretend like they know everything when they have little to no experience. They and you have lost the respect of many members because of the way these legislative aids interact with staff and GA members. They are horrible to work with and remind me of the early blago days! Its time to stop the impersonations and get down to business!

Re: Question of the day

Chi Gal — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:21:50 -0000

1. Stop pandering for the African American vote. It is going to take more than one demographic to get elected.

2. Stop surrounding yourself with young and inexperienced handlers. In selecting these people it looks like you aren't really taking your office or campaign seriously, so if that is the case, why should we take you seriously?

3. Stop demonizing those that don't agree with you 100%. You are never going to win over those leaning toward your ideas by demonizing them.

4. As was noted above, add a t-shirt when doing outdoor events and keep the hair as short as possible!

Re: Question of the day

Spend — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:14:37 -0000

Start doling out the capital bill dollars! These projects need to get underway!!

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Betsy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:04:38 -0000

PLEASE retire me!!!!

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Pot calling kettle — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:56:00 -0000

You have some good ideas, I feel you heart is in the right place. But...(As PeeWee Herman once said, "Everyone I know has a big but.")

You need to pick a couple of key issues and stay focused on them. It was OK to bounce from issue to issue in your old post, but, you are The Man now. Use the position to advocate for a couple of key issues.

Some say you are not a good campaigner, I disagree. I think the campaigns for what you want aren't moving forward because there are too many of them. Pick a couple and push them hard. If you could get the voters to dump 1/3 of the Reps, you can do this, too.

Re: Question of the day

publius — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:50:11 -0000

it is essential to get competent hohest people running the departments---but even more crucial is a competent---honest---non-vindictive leader of the budget operation---governor you will live or die on that choice and so far you are dead in the water

Re: Question of the day

hopatit — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:47:52 -0000

1. wear an undershirt when you walk in parades

Re: Question of the day

Secret Square — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:43:05 -0000

Pray that Chicago does NOT get the Olympics, and that if they do, you don't get reelected! If you think you have fiscal problems now...

Re: Question of the day

Leave a Light on George — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:41:16 -0000

"Get Blago folks out of the budget office,"

"fire Blagoâ€™s appointments to the State Labor Board then hold fast to your position to renegotiate the AFSCME contract. Itâ€™s not that Illinois has too many bureaucrats, itâ€™s the lack of consistent and taxpayer friendly executive management within the agencies and from the Governorâ€™s office. Blago real crime was that he was AWOL and allowed the Palace Guard types run state government"

"Weather you want to or not you have to get rid of the Blago hacks. They continue to run the Departments and take care of their own. It is the only so called work they do. Take charge and clean house. It also might get some cooperation from their sponsor."

I believe you coined a phrase for this Gov. Q.

"Fumigate!"

Re: Question of the day

Just the Facts — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:34:36 -0000

I would echo the call to get rid of the Blago holdovers in the budget office - and do some real "funigation" at the agencies as well.

At the same time, come up with a real plan for dealing the current budget mess for the remainder of the current fiscal year, and a real plan to address next year. (Hope, without substantive action on your part, that the General Assembly will decide to adopt your income tax increase is not a plan.)

Announce that you have decided not to run for a full term and that you will devote the remainder of your term in office to developing solutions to the state's budget problems, without the interference of campaigning.

Re: Question of the day

Lefty Lefty — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:34:20 -0000

To clarify, I meant "separate yourself" in the abstract sense, not by actually cutting himself off from the Assembly. Put another way, stop being a windsock.

I've heard too many legislators with too many answers that go nowhere and do nothing in Illinois since Ryan left office. No capital bill, no budget fixes, no pension reform, no maintenance of the state's natural resources, etc etc etc. Our elected officials have to do these things for us. All of us over-informed people here at CF can't do it, RM can't do it, and Quinn couldn't do it back when he was a gadfly. Now he can.

Hynes' tax proposal might help. Maybe Quinn's income tax hike could help. Maybe a Republican has the answer! But what they--all of them, D and R-- have done in the past 8 years has done only harm.

Re: Question of the day

Okay Then... — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:27:50 -0000

Please do not run for Governor, next year or any year for that matter.

Getting into the executive office takes more than just saying I'm here and I am the leader. You have to be a leader in the right situation/context, and the Governor's Office is not a good situtation/context for you. You are far better suited for leadership somewhere that is less overwhelming for you.

I came across this recently (see link below), and Marcia certainly had you pegged. Seems like you've come full circle? http://www.lib.niu.edu/1980...

Re: Question of the day

dupage dan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:20:02 -0000

I suggest the same thing to him that has been suggested to me on this blog:

"As a state employee paid by the taxpayers, you should get off the blog and go back to work!"