*** UPDATED x1 *** A sign of the times?
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From the press room…
Reps. Demmer and Guzzardi have canceled their Thursday 10:00 a.m. press conference. The topic of the press conference was the “Future Caucus.”
Apparently, Illinois’ future ain’t ready for a caucus.
*** UPDATE *** The press release…
On Thursday, a dozen young legislators in the Illinois House will announce the launch of the Illinois Future Caucus.
The Future Caucus is a bipartisan group of young leaders who believe that cooperation, not conflict, should be the dominant political paradigm, and who are committed to working together to address the challenges facing the next generation of Illinoisans. Its founding co-chairs are Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) and Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon).
The group will work in conjunction with the Congressional Future Caucus and similar groups in eleven other states.
Also attending the press conference will be Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millennial Action Project, the group that coordinates the Future Caucuses around the country. Olikara is flying out from Washington, D.C. to lend his support to the new group.
WHAT: Press conference announcing the launch of the Illinois Future Caucus
WHO: Reps. Guzzardi and Demmer and colleagues from both parties and from around the state; Steven Olikara, founder, Millennial Action Project
WHERE: Blue Room at the Thompson Center
WHEN: Friday, January 15, 10:30 a.m.
Notice how the space time continuum is messed up in that release? They’re launching it on “Thursday” with a press conference on “Friday.”
Heh.
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 10:54 am:
The Future Caucus has been bought by a persistent rascal and renamed, “Blame Caucus”.
- The Captain - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:01 am:
They probably just forgot their shades.
- downstate commissioner - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:01 am:
How can you have a caucus about the future, when there ain’t no future???
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:05 am:
“Someone got to ‘em”
- tin foil hat wearer.
- anon. - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:14 am:
Not authorized by MM.
- Anon2U - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:23 am:
They have been left out in the cold.
Speaker Madigan
- @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:25 am:
“Time is a flat circle. Everything we have done or will do we will do over and over and over again — forever.” — Rustin Cohle, True Detective (2014)
– MrJM
- A guy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:27 am:
===On an average Thursday first shift, about 20 of 177 Legislators take the day off, Smith said.===
Total Snark.
- Dee Lay - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:29 am:
MrJM -
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… time-y wimey… stuff.
- siriusly - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:35 am:
There’s no room for optimism in this town.
- Old Shepherd - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:42 am:
They couldn’t find any plutonium to power their flux capacitor, so they just scrapped the whole project.
- Cheswick - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:47 am:
They probably should have called it Future Shock Caucus. Or, maybe not.
- @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:53 am:
Dee Lay,
I believe we may have shared a doctoral program.
– MrJM
- walker - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 11:58 am:
Future Caucus’ continuing message:
“First Meeting Tomorrow”
- Michelle Flaherty - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:06 pm:
So in a couple weeks we’ll have a Back to the Future Caucus press conference?
- Tom Demmer - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:06 pm:
Just a scheduling change, Rep. Guzzardi and I still believe in the future! We’re holding a press conference Friday morning in Chicago and will have another in Springfield when we’re back in session. Fire the DeLorean back up!
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:11 pm:
The Chef-of-the-Future Caucus will hold its regular meeting at the Loyal Order of Raccoons Lodge, according to Ed Norton, Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler.
- Will Guzzardi - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:11 pm:
Well played, Rich. We just canceled our Springfield announcement because we won’t be down there. But for what it’s worth, we’re launching the caucus on Friday in Chicago. Press release in your inbox momentarily.
- Tom Demmer - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:15 pm:
I’d also note that “Back to the Future” came out before either Will or I were born.
- Earnest - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:19 pm:
Representatives, please think hard on the name of your caucus. I heard today that the main problem with Governor Rauner’s legislative goals is that they called it the Turnaround Agenda instead of something cool.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:20 pm:
Representatives;
I will be watching with very peaked interest.
Very peaked.
OW
- walker - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:22 pm:
Ah, “The Rise of the Millennials” as a political force. Good.
- Spliff - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:25 pm:
You old timers get all bogged down in this time and date cycle …. that’s what got Illinois in this mess in the first place.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:29 pm:
“Joining MAP’s BiPartisan Congressional Future Caucus as Board Chairs are Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), 33, and Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL), 33. Both are the token representatives connecting with America’s youth culture and taking a stand for initiatives that affect our immediate future.” March 16, 2015 Millennial Magazine website.
Aaron Schock, wow! The future’ so bright….
- Old Shepherd - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:30 pm:
===I’d also note that “Back to the Future” came out before either Will or I were born.
===
Great Scott! This is heavy!
- illini - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:30 pm:
Considering that Aaron Schock was one of the founding members of this “feel good” group - what are we realistically to expect?
- LizPhairTax - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:34 pm:
==Olikara is flying out from Washington, D.C. to lend his support to the new group.==
On a jet aeroplane? The future IS now!
- A guy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:49 pm:
“we told you where it is, and hinted at who all would show up. So, just go there and wait. We’ll be along.”
- Anon - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:50 pm:
I was worried Tom Demmer found a tuna steak in his desk drawer.
- Under Influenced - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:51 pm:
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious ****.
- LizPhairTax - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:55 pm:
Illini,
That wherever this meeting is the Tahoe drove 629 miles to get there.
- My New Handle - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 1:14 pm:
Anonymous 12:29 was me.
- illini - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 1:16 pm:
Liz - not meaning to denigrate the commendable efforts of a bipartisan effort to end this “mess”, but I thought it was interesting to see that Aaron was one of the founding members.
Good Luck to this caucus getting anything accomplished.
- crazybleedingheart - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 1:19 pm:
=====- Tom Demmer - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 12:15 pm:
I’d also note that “Back to the Future” came out before either Will or I were born.
=====
OUCH
- DuPage Bard - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 1:23 pm:
The future will be televised. Or instagramed.
- Lt. Guv. - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 1:28 pm:
Timey-whimey. Some of you know the reference.
- Anon. - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 1:41 pm:
They should name it “Demmer and Guzzardi and the legislators they control” so that everyone knows they are real players in this game.
- Liandro - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 2:31 pm:
We’re inheriting a lot of this mess; it makes sense for the next generation of leaders to get organized and actually have a say in some of it.
- Harry - Tuesday, Jan 12, 16 @ 3:17 pm:
I suppose they got calls from MJM and Rauner who told them that if they go ahead with this, they have no Future.