"[B]eyond reform that can be scratched on paper, changing the culture of business as usual in Springfield and at City Hall requires a revolt. It requires voters to prioritize ethics reform at the ballot box, and it requires political leadership willing to light a blowtorch. If that revolt doesn’t start with party leaders, don’t even dream of change. It’s got to come from the top and from the inside."
“It requires voters to prioritize ethics reform at the ballot box, and it requires political leadership willing to light a blowtorch. ” …but but but, Orange Man Bad, voters can’t ever be expected to vote for the ‘other’ guy, the Republican! I mean, in many Illinois districts, like now charged State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Federal Prison), HAS RUN OPPOSED IN HIS PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS SINCE AT LEAST 2008!!!! Think about that for one second…no one, not a single candidate, has ran against Sandoval, from ANY PARTY, IN ANY RACE since 2008. This isn’t Democracy, it’s insanity. Because Orange Man… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“It requires voters to prioritize ethics reform at the ballot box, and it requires political leadership willing to light a blowtorch. ” …but but but, Orange Man Bad, voters can’t ever be expected to vote for the ‘other’ guy, the Republican! I mean, in many Illinois districts, like now charged State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Federal Prison), HAS RUN OPPOSED IN HIS PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS SINCE AT LEAST 2008!!!! Think about that for one second…no one, not a single candidate, has ran against Sandoval, from ANY PARTY, IN ANY RACE since 2008. This isn’t Democracy, it’s insanity. Because Orange Man… Read more »
Sorry, UNOPPOSED, not opposed! Typo!