I’ve had to stop watching the commercials for Illinois governor due to illness and fatigue. I am sick and tired of each candidate telling me why I should not vote for the other guy. Tell me why I should vote for you!
Be specific with your plans. Don’t tell me you plan to lower taxes and leave it at that. Tell me how you will lower taxes based on evidence. Example: Tell me that you will organize a task force of nonpolitical experts from business, industry, academia, and (yes) government to select 10 counties out of the 102 counties in Illinois to actually demonstrate to the citizens — with data — the financial benefits of merging all townships into county government. And if the legislature won’t pass such a merger law, tell me that you will personally finance a petition campaign to place it on the ballot as a constitutional amendment. Then repeat for merging many small school districts with many superintendents into a few school districts with a few superintendents, along with other savings.
Maybe such honesty and specificity will cure me of my illness and fatigue and maybe help cure Illinois of its ills.
— David Thiessen, Woodstock
