Caption contest!
Monday, Dec 5, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller
* AP…
Democrat Susana Mendoza was sworn in as Illinois comptroller Monday, saying bipartisan agreement is needed to get the state out of its fiscal crisis, but also saying GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s “turnaround agenda” shouldn’t be linked to passing a budget.
“I don’t think that the approach of tying non-budgetary related items to the budget has proved fruitful for Illinoisans,” Mendoza, 44, told reporters concerning Rauner’s priorities, which have ranged from term limits and a property-tax freeze to limiting some collective bargaining and lowering workers’ compensation costs. “I think all of those things independently should be standing on their own merits and should not be tied to the budget.” […]
“I will use the full power of my office to prevent Illinois’ hospitals, group homes, rape crisis centers and universities from going under,” Mendoza said. […]
“As I said during my campaign, I am here to be that independent, truth-telling fiscal watchdog that will prioritize … both the state’s fiscal and moral health,” Mendoza said. “If anyone from the governor on down tells you we can afford to bail out the big power companies but we have to bail on Illinois’ school children, I’ll be here to call their bluff.”
That last line closely echoed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s criticism of the governor for backing the Exelon deal while vetoing Chicago Public Schools funding…
“The governor said he was going to sign a bill to bail out the utilities and then vetoed a bill that bailed on the children of the city of Chicago. That’s the way I look at it,” said Emanuel of a measure that raises electricity rates for consumers and keeps open two nuclear power plants.
* Anyway, let’s welcome our new comptroller…
- Cubs in '16 - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:19 pm:
“Hey, betcha wish you had a paycheck!” *rim shot*
- Huh? - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:19 pm:
Ha, how ya doin’! Surprise, ain’t nobody gettin’ paid!
- Red knight38 - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:21 pm:
You’re next Rauner
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:24 pm:
“Evelyn!… Careful!”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:28 pm:
Goldie you got the guacamole
- Jackie - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:29 pm:
Glad to see she got the talking points.
- Cubs in '16 - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:29 pm:
Oh Susana
These folks don’t work for free
They’ve come to your inauguration with
Unpaid bills and a plea…
- A guy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:29 pm:
===“I will use the full power of my office…===
as soon as I figure out what they aren’t.
- OneMan - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:31 pm:
I gotta maintain a residence where?
- A guy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:31 pm:
I get sworn in December 5th. Who knew??
- A guy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:32 pm:
Leslie sure seemed in a hurry to toss me the keys.
- Responsa - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:33 pm:
Good luck Susanna. Remember, you wanted this job.
- Cubs in '16 - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:33 pm:
Madigan braces for Susana’s signature greeting–the ol’ pat and grab.
- Anonymous0.00 - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:35 pm:
Being sworn in as Comptroller - $3.5 mil.
Surrounded by supporters and well wishers - $4,500
Photobombed by Creepy Former Springfield Alderman - priceless
- LizPhairTax - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:37 pm:
Cahnman!
- walker - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:37 pm:
“Just follow the pea under the cup.”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:38 pm:
“Aaron. Schock! You made it!”
- Keyrock - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:42 pm:
Singing:
“I never tire of it–
Leading this merry dance.
If you don’t mind having to do without things,
It’s a fine life.”
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:43 pm:
“They call it the Comptroller because the legislators want their Comp, and I’m Trolling them about it!”
- Amalia - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:44 pm:
Bend it like Mendoza!
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:45 pm:
This is the job I’ve chosen
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:45 pm:
“Ok. I’m here. What do I do now?”
- John - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:47 pm:
No caption… I just love how Sam Chanman is in the back
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:47 pm:
I didn’t want to put a stop payment on the executive branch
- Anonymous - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:48 pm:
Monitor of Illinois moral health?? Ho Boy, have you ever stepped in it…..
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:49 pm:
Is jacket and Cubs t-shirt considered business casual or semi-formal?
- Earnest - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:49 pm:
Much like the state finances, I’m in the red.
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:52 pm:
“I wanted to make sure my dress matches the ink.”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:56 pm:
“Look at all the protesters! Hey… Hello… I’m new here…”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:56 pm:
Boss Madigan
- Dome Gnome - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 3:59 pm:
“St. Clair County Circuit Court, here we come!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:00 pm:
“Raunerites! As I live and breathe, they’re real!”
- m - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:01 pm:
Who loves a special election?!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:03 pm:
“Lookie-Lookie… ‘Superstars’… I really look forward to hearing from you…”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:05 pm:
Proxy lady
- Joe Schmoe - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:06 pm:
I’d be worried when I see soon-to-be suspended lawyer Sam Cahnman at her right arm……
- Whatever - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:08 pm:
“The chief of staff said, ‘Comptroller, why do you always call for your red dress before going to Springfield?’ And the comptroller replied, ‘So that the crew can’t see the red ink from the state’s books and get discouraged.”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:12 pm:
“I’m the player to be named later”
- Huh? - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:13 pm:
Ha, I made it. I just have to last a year to get another pension!
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:14 pm:
Mike will you stop pulling me around on your coat tails
- NorthsideNoMore - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:15 pm:
” I wanted to host the party in the office but just like the checks to our vendors the keys got lost in the mail”
- wordslinger - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:17 pm:
“And then I said: Superstars get paid last…..the crowd loved it!”
- Anon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:18 pm:
My name is Susana Mendoza aka Rahm Madigan and Mike Emanuel.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:22 pm:
“Mike! You and John hold the bar. Everybody! Let’s limbo for paychecks! How LOW can you GO?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:25 pm:
“Time for charades! Democrats on one side of the room and rich white folks, oops, I mean Republicans, on the other side!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:26 pm:
“Jim Edgar!? What are you doing here?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:26 pm:
“Hello, feller, I’m a truth-teller!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:28 pm:
“Quinnochio?! You work here?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:29 pm:
“Why am I the only one laughing here? Because I gotta hold of the purse strings, that’s why!”
- Frank - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:34 pm:
If your going to work for the people take note we want our property taxes frozen and term limits
- P. - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:37 pm:
The best part was when she introduced her new chief of staff Oswego Willie.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:37 pm:
===If your going to work for the people take note we want our property taxes frozen and term limits===
“Caption?”
“Hey! I’m the comptroller, I can’t do any of that!”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:38 pm:
What hand do I double dip my pension with?
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:39 pm:
===The best part was when she introduced her new chief of staff Oswego Willie.===
I doubt she knows me, and I doubt they’d want me around…
“Caption?”
“National Guardsmen?! Did Bruce shut the state down?”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:40 pm:
“Ken Dunkin?! With his resume?! Really?!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:41 pm:
“There she is, the smartest woman in my ad!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:42 pm:
“Governor?! You’re wearing red flannel?! For me?!”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:45 pm:
Hey bruce ask munger how term limits work
- Jaded - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:46 pm:
“Now all I have to do is hope Jesse White retires so I can get out of this crappy office and run for a good one!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:47 pm:
“Bruce. You lost. You got me!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:52 pm:
“Jim?! Christine?! Here to wish me luck?”
- Gone, but not forgotten - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:52 pm:
“They like me — they really like me!!”
- Original Rambler - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 4:58 pm:
“Sure I can dance but no polka!”
- Jocko - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:17 pm:
“Who knew memorizing times tables would lead to this?”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:17 pm:
Permanently frozen like tundra? Senior citizen envy will balance the budget
- Boone's is Back - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:21 pm:
“Hey Bruce, you’ve just been MEN-bull-DOZA-ed”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:27 pm:
44 point plan topped by a 44 year old winner
- Wensicia - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:30 pm:
“Give up my own paycheck? Ha!”
- peon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:37 pm:
“And I can’t believe how nice the Governor has been - he said he’d make a documentary all about me!”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:40 pm:
I’m on boss madigan.com?
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:46 pm:
What woman is he going to hide behind now?
- Truthseeker - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 5:56 pm:
My multiplication table skills are better than the last chick . . . . .my reading with comprehension skills in relation to the Constitution . . . . .about the same.
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 6:04 pm:
Mr freeze is cold hearted
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 6:43 pm:
“Mike! C’mere and get a big hug! Say what? You don’t do hugs? I never hearda sucha thing!”
- Deft Wing - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 6:55 pm:
“Bear with me as I mess this up even more.”
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 6:59 pm:
I’m the message the voters sent govenor
- Anonymous - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 7:11 pm:
First Dunkin, then Munger, who’s next?
- Anonymous - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 7:13 pm:
The State is in the red — like me!
- Just Me - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 8:17 pm:
Oh, ha! You thought by electing me you were magically going to get your money?!?!?!
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 9:22 pm:
Sit down Goldie we’ll talk later
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 9:28 pm:
You have a constitutional office on one hand, and a few local reps on the other
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 9:31 pm:
Super star for super majority
- Rabid - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 9:36 pm:
Wasn’t tthat a special election
- Captain Obvious - Monday, Dec 5, 16 @ 10:06 pm:
“And oh what heights we’ll hit, on with the show this is it!”
- Rabid - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 5:06 am:
Look there is tacks on the govenor’s chair
- Rabid - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 5:25 am:
Is this the way you tip the cow Evelyn?
- Rabid - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 5:36 am:
Because Madigan
- Rabid - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 5:38 am:
I voted for mike didn’t hurt me any
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 7:44 am:
Mendoza: “I could not wait to get out of that toxic environment that is City Hall. Is this the Emerald City?”
Welcome to another toxic environment Susana.
- Rabid - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 7:52 am:
Superstar dimmer switch
- Rabid - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 8:01 am:
So what our president voted for him too
- Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 8:26 am:
Calling out the Turnaround Agenda, it was that easy.
- Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Dec 6, 16 @ 9:12 am:
I have a good feeling about this particular public official…haven’t felt that way for some time.
Fate (and Ms. Mendoza)…please don’t let me/us down.
- LyonsTwnshp - Wednesday, Dec 7, 16 @ 2:02 pm:
Rich,
Did you see this? http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/11-22-2016/New-comptroller-wore-Judy’s-suit-during-acceptance-speech/
I figured you would appreciate it.