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Rich Miller — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:23:33 -0000

Let's close this one out and move comments to this fresh post. Thanks.

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Northside Bunker — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:09:22 -0000

Great!
Start with the Illinois Tollway then IDOT. CMS is going to get a huge order for disinfectants.

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grategul — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:07:30 -0000

As the Former Gov. Said

You ain't seen nothing YET!!!!!

THANK YOU BIG MIKE !!!!!!

YOU WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER !!!!

So many useless appointments !!!!

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Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:06:39 -0000

This effectively removes all non-union employees. Thus, it punishes the few holdouts who did not unionize or join uions, and will put the unions in complete operational control of the State. Even if you bring in new outsiders, they will lack the institutional knowledge to deal with the union or know when they are being sold a bill of goods.

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Ad man — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:00:59 -0000

Nah, it's not mean. It says nothing. It needs, "Father Knows Best" or "Father of the wanna be bride" or "Daddy's little wanna be" or "Daddy Speakerbucks"

Something that conveys a negative.

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Dudeman — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:00:01 -0000

My prayers have been answered on Prayer day. Woo Hoo. (Not that I think it will actualy happen)

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Amy — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:58:56 -0000

ad man, whoever came up with the term Dadigan is thinking in the right direction. and maybe they are not a Quinn person. maybe some of us are just angry at the way Madigan plays games with the process, controls so much, and as Puhlease points out, the public has no clue about how much power Madigan has. it is scary.

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Arthur Andersen — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:55:14 -0000

Rich, see ISPeeved.

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Rich Miller — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:53:48 -0000

===because it stinks. ===

I kinda like it.

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Ad man — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:49:27 -0000

Whoever, came up with the term Dadigan in referring to the Speaker should go back to the drawing board because it stinks. Why do I get the feeling this is what Quinn's people have been brainstorming with instead of figuring out how to govern.

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Justice — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:43:42 -0000

3,000 people get axed because Quinn won't get rid of Filan and Ginger. As a bonus, MJM gets to clear the decks for Lisa and force the R's to vote on getting rid of not just D's but also the large number of R's still employed in these positions. And hey Governor - if you're smart you'll keep the roll call on this vote handy when every single one of these legislators comes to your door after the fact asking you to keep or re-hire their brother/sister/cousin/girlfriend, etc.

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Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:43:14 -0000

Joe in the Know -

This is NOT like a change in administrations. Terms do not end, then; every double exempt does not lose their job. Even when Blagojevich came in after years of Republican control, in our agency, only a handful of positions were changed right away. Many were never changed, some changed over the first year or two. Wiping EVERYONE out in the first 60 days and making "stay-don't stay" decisions on all of them at once will be chaos.

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Cosmic Charlie — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:37:06 -0000

Maybe it is a distraction from the Reform Commission report. So what? That doesn't make it a bad idea. Blago was so thoroughly corrupt that it is difficult, if not impossible, to cherry pick the good employees/appointees from the bad. Look at some of the hacks that Blago put in place. Filan and Lavin get held out as if they are the only examples of Blago's corruption, indifference, arrogance, cynicism OR ineptitude. The reality is that there are layers upon layers of these people that must go. If you are one of the honest public servants that might be affected I hope Quinn will actually put in place a team of competent administrators that can bring you back on with a process that has integrity. If he does not then you know who to blame.

Governor Quinn has been running the state like it is the Lt. Gov's office where he can manage everything personally. The State of Illinois is too big and our problems too severe for that to be the case. Any one of us, if we accidentally became the governor, would have made a wholesale housecleaning by now. You know it is true. Quinn for whatever reason has been unwilling or unable to do so.

Time to govern governor.

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lady — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:36:02 -0000

So I think Dadigan should do a bill that mandates fumigation of all legislative leaders. New language would provide that legislative leaders would have to run as a statewide candidate for their posts. That way we can all decide if Dadigan should rule the world!

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Belle — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:35:51 -0000

Some of those HR people were appointed by Ryan and reappointed by Blago. A 2fer!

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crazy — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:28:26 -0000

this affects people in positions less than PSAs and SPSAs... it could affect any legal non-unionized Tech IIs and Tech IIIs, who are hardly the politically-connected folk.

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vitaman — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:28:20 -0000

Anon Don't know. Retired with the class of 2002. I keep fairly close contacts but never asked that question.

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Just the Facts — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:27:25 -0000

My guess is that if the legislation passes, the Governor does an amendatory veto that extends the termination date for the folks that are term appointments. That allows everyone to claim that they are "fumigating" things, but at the same time ensuring that all work at the state doesn't grind to a halt in the interim.

Or in the alternative, the legislation is amended in the Senate to that effect.

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vitaman — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:25:35 -0000

If you think that any grants are going to be written for the Obama Stimulus for Illinois over the next couple of months plus - guess again. It is the SPSA's who ride herd on that. The law of unintended consequences................

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Anon — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:25:00 -0000

==I am a retired Crime Lab Director and we were SPSAâ€™s. Term Appointments. ==

How long ago did you retire? Blago converted a lot of term appointment positions to double-exempt. Initially, it was going to be all term appointments, but they got bored or maybe a kitty wandered through the room.

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Black Ivy — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:21:29 -0000

Rich, I would e affected by this bill. I would be terminated under the present language. I work extremely hard each and every day and this proposed legislation appears unconstitutional, arbitrary, and capricious.

I value your opinion,Rich. Cna you provide your thoughts on this move?

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Concerned Citizen — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:19:16 -0000

This is all so that MJM and the democrats can finally put their friends in these positions. Blago froze them out, maybe in favor of EJ. Someone should propose an amendment to require that all recommendations or transmittals must be in writing(or transcribed if done orally) and those documents subject to FOIA.

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dupage dan — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:18:44 -0000

Rich is right - the hydrogen bomb of distractions.

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dupage dan — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:17:12 -0000

Look, over there, it's a distraction!

It's working.

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Puhlease — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:16:33 -0000

Once again, Lisa's dad comes to her rescue. It's scary how much the Madigans run the state and the general public has NOOOO idea.