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* The setup…
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says if he wins the $310 million Powerball jackpot this weekend, he’ll still keep his job.
The Democrat purchased a $2 ticket Thursday for the Illinois Lottery game. […]
When asked if he’d use the winnings to help pay down the state’s massive backlog of unpaid bills, Quinn said he’s got to pay down some of his own bills, but there would be money left over.
* The Question: What do you think Gov. Quinn will do with the money if he wins the Powerball jackpot tomorrow?
Snark is heavily encouraged, of course. Have fun.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:45 am
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Get some food in his fridge
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:50 am
He will purchase a purple necktie for every citizen in Illinois
Comment by TCB Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:50 am
Buy every ticket to the Rich Miller Roast
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:51 am
If he won $310 million, he’d spend $540 million of it. Republican ZING!
Comment by Ben Gazzara (may he rest in peace) Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:51 am
Send Scott Lee Cohen a nice fruit basket and a thank you card.
Get Sheila Simon an electric banjo
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:53 am
Buy Bill Brady a puppy!
Comment by Shock & Awww(e) Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:54 am
Tell Madigan to take this job and shove it!
Comment by mokenavince Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:56 am
A $100,000 contribution to the Obama re-election campaign should be enough for an ambassadorship to Ireland… for himself or Speaker Madigan.
Comment by Capital View Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:58 am
@Ben
I dont care who you are,Democrat or GOP, that’s funny stuff right there.
Comment by TCB Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 11:58 am
Cayman islands anyone?
Comment by mark walker Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:00 pm
Stealing a page from such politicians as Mitt Romney, Rand Paul and, James Shields and J. Hamilton Lewis, the two sometimes Illinois politicians, Quinn would do well to invest his money in securing a carpet bag and new home and legal voting residence in another state that is more receptive to his future political prospects.
Seriously, I think the best other alternative is for Quinn to plan for his retirement and, perhaps a faculty position at Chicago State University.
Comment by Esquire Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:01 pm
Push to extend the ‘temporary’ Pat Quinn lottery winning streak
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:02 pm
Produce a CUB reality show
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:02 pm
Tell everyone that the ticket is golden!
Comment by Name Withheld Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:03 pm
Tell everyone that the ticket is bleeping golden!
Comment by Name Withheld Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:03 pm
A subscription to Capital Fax.
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:05 pm
Start running ads calling the governors of NJ, Wisconsin and Indiana ‘poopie heads’
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:05 pm
Say “Goodbye Super 8, hello Holiday Inn Express!”
Comment by Interesting Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:09 pm
So lottery employees are prohibited from playing the lottery, but the guy who appoints/employs them isn’t?
What a boondoggle. I hope he wins just to see how it plays out…
I think he’ll use some on a new Dodge Dart though…
Comment by Thoughts... Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:15 pm
Buy the Lifetime Deluxe Subscription to Capt Fax
Price: $300 million!
Comment by CircularFiringSquad Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:19 pm
Buy a Holiday Inn Express …
Buy the Mansion View … Cahnge name to “Pat Quinn View”
Rent out State Fairgrounds for “Quinn-a-palooza - the Ulitmate County Music Festival”
Give Carol Marin a $100,000 to find out who told her about Cullerton and Madigan wanting Preckwinkle.
Buy Tom Cross a golf course for his caucus’ votes this session.
Start PAC - “Jason Plummer for Governor - 2014″
Lifetime membership to “Peapod”, the grocery delivery company.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:20 pm
Make Pongee …”An offer it can’t refuse”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:25 pm
Buy Manny’s … Call it “Quinn’s Quality Cuts”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:28 pm
Buy a soybean growing operation.
Comment by Lakeview Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:28 pm
Add some hydraulics to the Dodge Dart.
Comment by OneMan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:31 pm
Lose it.
Comment by Cincinnatus Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:34 pm
$310M is about $155M immediate payout; with that he could …
Forfeit his State salary and pension …
Keep $15M for himself and set up $10M reverting trusts for 14 family members or friends to give them each about $150K annual income … (does he still have that many friends?)
He could fill his fridge and include a lifetime resupply contract …
Buy the aforementioned Dodge Dart (or find a restored original) and lifetime parking garage space in Chicago plus lifetime funding his I-Pass account …
Comment by Retired Non-Union Guy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:36 pm
Upgrade from the Super 8 to a Comfort Inn
Comment by Stones Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:37 pm
Hire “Joel Daly and the Sundowners” as the Governor’s “house band”
Buy all of Rickey Hendon’s purple suits, shirts, shoes and ties for “personal use”…
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:39 pm
Purchase an expensive and secure “Vacation villa” in a Banana Republic lacking a reciprocal extradition treaty with the USA.
Comment by Esquire Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:40 pm
’soy boy’ bobble heads for everyone in the Land of Lincoln.
Comment by Champaign Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:43 pm
Buy a sea port and then give CAT a call…
Comment by Judgment Day Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:44 pm
Buy Chicago Bears jerseys for all the workers at the Shalom Center Food Pantry.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-08-02/news/chi-quinn-to-don-packers-colors-to-settle-super-bowl-bet-20110801_1_packers-jersey-kate-maehr-pat-quinn
Comment by Ghost of John Brown Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:47 pm
Buyout the Parking Meter contract and call Rahm … “Your move …”
Sponsor Skip’s “End of Session” party … and make it a paid State Holiday for staff only.
Take the extra money, after getting a new suit and 4 Dr. Peppers and buy the fuel and the nets for a Shrimpin’ Boat …
Dig out a cave in Cahokia, get high-tech equipment, produce a purple, full-body, bodysuit, and become a superhero.
Collect Butterflies ….
“To scale” model of the Capitol, out of Legos..
Hire Charlie Sheen to tweet for him…
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 12:57 pm
Run over to CME and put it all on red . . . I mean . . . State of Illinois futures.
Comment by anonymice Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:00 pm
Ben Gazzara wins! Hysterical!
Comment by dupage dan Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:00 pm
Park all that cash in Cannoli, and Plastics …
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:02 pm
1. Buy and replace the Thompson Center with a building shaped like a giant Soy Boy called The Quinn Building and lease it to the state.
2. Use it all to pay his increased state employee pension contribution.
Comment by Amuzing Myself Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:14 pm
See if he can retain the Niccolo Machiavelli of political strategists, David Axelrod, for his re-election bid. He’ll need him.
Comment by Cook County Commoner Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:16 pm
If Quinn were to win $310 million from the lottery then he would, judging by his prior decision-making, most likely take a loan out for $155 million to pay the taxes on it.
Comment by Don't Worry About the Government Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:26 pm
Buy new leather polish for “Betsy”. Might possibly upgrade to Meltonian.
Comment by Responsa Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:28 pm
Complain that it should have been $311 million.
Comment by Nuance Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:31 pm
Buy ComEd and all the land south of Peoria to start a tea company
Comment by Jerry Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:35 pm
He’ll never see the money. Gotta get the winning ticket to the Powerball folks first, and he’ll find a way to screw that up.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:35 pm
The opposite of whatever he says he’s going to do with it.
Comment by Edison Parker Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:44 pm
Who knows? But rest assured he would certainly hold a Sunday afternoon presser with the giant-size check squarely balanced upon his portable easel.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:46 pm
He’d go on a spending spree at the Wizard of Oz store and buy a brain, a heart and some courage and hopefully a one way ticket to Kansas.
Comment by Tommydanger Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:47 pm
Cake and Ponies for everyone!
a 4 year naming agreement at the US Cellular, Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, Assembly Hall, Welch-Ryan Arena, United Center, Allstate Arena, and Sears Center … all will be named, ” ‘We Love Pat Quinn’ Field, Hall, Center, Arena…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:48 pm
How about a nice hairpiece? Modeled on our previous governor’s
Comment by anon Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 1:51 pm
Get Betsy a nice buffing up.
Comment by Ivory-billed Woodpecker Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:07 pm
Support keeping the Bush tax cuts and make sure the state income tax increase is temporary.
Comment by Leave a Light on George Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:09 pm
He’ll save it for legal fees just in case he too falls victim to the governor indictment curse.
Comment by hisgirlfriday Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:10 pm
Buy some underwear for Springfield home.
Comment by Nuance Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:11 pm
Drive above the speed limit through school zones in Chicago anytime he wants.
Comment by Bluefish Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:11 pm
This speculation is all academic. Nothing’s going to be left after he pays off his Super 8 bills.
Comment by Boone Logan Square Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:25 pm
Party at the Mansion. Illinois is invited.
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:36 pm
It’s been said Quinn is frugal. So, he ought to take about $100.00 and retire on that. Immediately.
Then, send the rest to pay down the BILLIONS of IL overdue bills that he hasn’t done much with so far.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:49 pm
Governor Quinn would build a spaceship and take Newt Gingrich with him to the far side of the moon. When they got there, they would have a Nerf gun war, build forts, and eat pizza.
Comment by ZZ is Tops Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 2:55 pm
Propose that all lottery winners be exempt from all taxes retroactively, hear the backlash, change his opinion back to keeping things status quo.
Comment by OurMagician Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 3:02 pm
Maybe the State of Illinois should buy some powerball tickets? They are tax exempt and $310M would put a sizable dent in some of the unfunded pension obligations, no?
Illinois is due for a win.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 3:10 pm
Try to buy what he needs:
What makes a King out of a slave? Courage.
What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage.
What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage.
…..
What makes the Hottentot so hot?
Whatta they got that I ain’t got?
Comment by JustaJoe Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 3:19 pm
I can’t beat Gazarra, but more interesting what bills does he have to pay down that 310 million won’t cover?
Comment by Spring Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 3:28 pm
Finally get us some high speed rail services @ 55mph!
Comment by 10th Indy Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 3:38 pm
Buy White Sox Season tickets, buy a different color Dodge Dart for each day of the week with White Sox Licence plates. Buy a boat to spend some time on Lake Springfield and fish. Also take Rich out fishing!
Comment by 3rd Generation Chicago Native Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 4:22 pm
On a day like this, rent Marlon Brando’s old island in the South Pacific, come back on Opening Day.
Comment by wordslinger Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 4:29 pm
it’s simple…make me happy. give some money to the Sox to buy some players.
Comment by amalia Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 4:31 pm
Use it in his Primary election campaign in 2014!
Comment by Objective Dem Friday, Feb 10, 12 @ 4:34 pm