53 Comments - Anon - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:15 pm: This basically sums up his last two years. - Hamlet's Ghost - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:18 pm: Do your job! - Red Rider - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:19 pm: Waiting for the senate to do hisj job. Again - wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:19 pm: Yeah, that’s what we need, more random drive-by governin’ pronouncements by twitter. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:19 pm: “Never mistake activity for achievement” - John Wooden. Pointing to things is activity, hows about some of that achievement? #DoYourJob - Sick & Tired - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:19 pm: There are too many words for me to handle! Let me get rid of what I perceive as useless and harmful regulations even though I don’t understand or refuse to accept why most of them exist! They MUST be bad if there are too many! - Arsenal - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:22 pm: And the Governor has a lot more power over the Administrative Code than other things (though not total power, as he would have to run any changes through JCAR). He could at least submit changes. - RNUG - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:22 pm: The reason for this attack is Rauner has learned the hard way through the courts that he can’t just do what he wants because of those pesky regulations … - wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:23 pm: Seriously, how Trumptastic is that? The governor runs across some random, unsourced, no-context report from a right-wing paper mill and off on twitter it goes. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:23 pm: Do your job! - Nick - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:25 pm: I can maybe understand not wanting a lot of regulations - 159,000 does seem like a lot. But why complain about words? I love words. I don’t think words are bad. - Big Joe - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:26 pm: Bruce, Just get off Twitter and get a balanced budget to present. Do Your Job!!!!! - Anon - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:28 pm: If someone were clever enough this could spin into a great ad simply pointing out he does not understand his authority and role concerning executive branch matters. - Nick Name - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:29 pm: So someone at George Mason University actually combed through every Title - and every Part in every Title - in the Illinois Administrative Code and counted up the words? I hope they got paid well. - Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:30 pm: This red tape is ridiculous. Someone should tell the governor. - Jocko - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:30 pm: I’m picturing Bruce wanting to argue (possibly fight) the guy in the mirror. - The Captain - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:34 pm: At the beginning of the Governor’s term he appointed the Lt. Gov to chair a much heralded committee to recommend mandates for elimination and local government consolidation. I remember a bunch of fanfare at the beginning but then if something ever came out of it I certainly don’t recall. Whatever happened to that? And isn’t this tweet basically along the same lines, heck it sounds like the task of reviewing the administrative code could have fallen under the same purview of that commitee. - PAM - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:35 pm: Arsenal understates the control JCAR has over administrative rules process. No rule is effective until the legislature gives its approval. - Thinking - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:35 pm: Please look at Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=248&ChapterID=5 Gov/DCEO could clean this up, law already on books, agencies not following up and doing. Look at Section 20 which went into effect January of last year to reduce regs on small business. Actions Governor. Not words. Oh, unless you are counting them to make sure it fits into a Twitter feed. - PublicServant - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:37 pm: Took him going on three years to count all those words. Now I understand why he hasn’t had time to create a balanced budget. - Sir Reel - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:38 pm: 259,000 regulations but none pertaining to the Governor doing his job. Need at least one more. - Sick & Tired - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:38 pm: He’s trying to add a ton of ridiculous and unnecessary restrictions on PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES via confusing and harmful overtime rules to be voted on in next week’s JCAR meeting. Rauner: Don’t complain about a problem you’re exacerbating. - Cubs in '16 - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:43 pm: ===The reason for this attack is Rauner has learned the hard way through the courts that he can’t just do what he wants because of those pesky regulations …=== In a Seinfeldian manner the Governor purses his lips, looks down and away, and exclaims “REGULATIONS!” - Ahoy! - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:47 pm: Campaigning (talking) is so much easier than governing (doing). - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:53 pm: T. Roosevelt wrote about being in the arena. Rainer is in the Peanut Gallery, and not very good at that. Do Your Job - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:54 pm: “Governor” Do your job! - Earnest - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:59 pm: >Governor, you’re no longer just a candidate. I wish I knew what Rauner would like the state budget to look like. After three budget addresses, I still can’t picture it. If at some point he wins control over the legislative branch and passes his turnaround agenda, I have no idea what his budget would look like at that point. He’s been very effective at campaigning since he got elected. - A Jack - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:59 pm: The Governor has wasted three years on his impossible to pass turn-around agenda, when he could have been improving Illinois’ business climate through streamlining regulations. If he had used half the energy he used on the turn-around to address unnecessary business regulations, he would likely be seeing at least some growth right now. And his poll numbers wouldn’t be underwater. I think though with how long JCAR takes, he won’t see any improvement during his ever diminishing time in office. - Last Bull Moose - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:59 pm: The refusal to submit a balanced budget has frozen governance. There are areas where zero based regulation would make sense. That would be like zero based budgeting. - anonawho - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 1:59 pm: The Administrative Code consists of rules enacted by EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. His agencies. If he doesn’t like it, he can change it without ANY input from democrats. It takes a supermajority to stop a rule change. As long as the GOP side with him, he can change anything. - anonawho - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:00 pm: Adding - there is no such thing as the “Illinois State Code” For once, give correct and accurate information - AlfondoGonz - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:14 pm: Sigh. Ok then, I’m in. Governor, do your job. - @MisterJayEm - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:25 pm: After the last week, a lot of people would consider taking a little time off from social media, but not Governor Selfie… – MrJM - Arsenal - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:28 pm: ==Arsenal understates the control JCAR has over administrative rules process. No rule is effective until the legislature gives its approval.== Yeah, like I said- ==he would have to run any changes through JCAR== I mean, I guess I literally understated it because I used less words than you? But the meaning is the same, and Rauner can send revisions over to JCAR anytime. - fed up - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:32 pm: This isn’t the pot calling the kettle black, this is the pot calling the pot black. - Skeptic - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:38 pm: Um…name one regulation that is in place that is only there for the sake of being a regulation. - Bothanspy - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:46 pm: Do Republicans get a new strategy playbook distributed nationwide or something? What’s with this obsession with the # of words. Rauner should hold a press conference with a ruler and a stack of regulations to show how many words there are and equate inches to capital flight of businesses from the state. It works wonders at the national level. - Arsenal - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:46 pm: ==he can change it without ANY input from democrats.== Thanks to JCAR, that’s not really true, but remains the case that he can submit such changes to JCAR. - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 2:52 pm: ==So, if it’s time to do something, then let’s see the plan.== Pretty sure they announced, even by executive order, a while ago that they’re doing just that: https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/RegulatoryReform/Pages/AboutTheCouncil.aspx - Henry Francis - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 3:07 pm: This Rauner guy has some pretty good ideas. Maybe we should vote him into office in 2018 so he can do this. God knows he can’t be any worse than the current governor. - Joe M - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 3:12 pm: GOPers always like to say we need fewer regulations. But when you ask them which specific regulations they want to see removed, it has been my experience that they can’t name any. They will just skip to broad statements about regulations being burdensome to businesses. - Nobody Sent - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 3:19 pm: Its a nice graphic, but other than that it has no appreciation for why and how administrative rules are made. He’s really just reinforcing the stereotypical image of a top executive - thinks he has all these great ideas but no practical knowledge concerning implementation and no willingness to learn or get his hands dirty to solve any problem. So sad, so very, very sad. - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 3:45 pm: ==Its a nice graphic, but other than that it has no appreciation for why and how administrative rules are made. == So it takes Illinois twice as long to accomplish as explain similar types of rules that other States can apparently condense and make clearer? There’s something wrong with that. If you don’t think the volume alone of administrative rules has an impact on business, I’m guessing you’ve never run one. - wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 3:48 pm: – There’s something wrong with that. If you don’t think the volume alone of administrative rules has an impact on business, I’m guessing you’ve never run one.– LOL, so, in your business, you need to real ALL administrative rules? What business is that? - Nick Name - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:00 pm: “If you don’t think the volume alone of administrative rules has an impact on business, I’m guessing you’ve never run one.” Which rule and which business? You need to be specific. Otherwise you should explain how rules establishing the life safety requirements for hospitals affect the home mortgage industry, and vice versa. - Arsenal - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:20 pm: ==So it takes Illinois twice as long to accomplish as explain similar types of rules that other States can apparently condense and make clearer?== What’s the basis for this assertion? - Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:22 pm: ==What’s the basis for this assertion?== The graphic and cite at the top of this post is a good start - Chicago 20 - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:30 pm: What’s the difference between following State laws, the State constitution or a State regulation? Our arbitrary and capricious Governor has some nerve. - Whatever - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:49 pm: What other surveyed states? California and New York leave us way behind. Texas’ constitution is nearly as big as our administrative code. OK, that last is snark, but I’m curious who these “comparables” are. - flea - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 5:39 pm: he’s not unlike Trump in many ways…..Wow. - The Real Just Me - Friday, Mar 10, 17 @ 7:46 am: Affected parties almost always have a great deal of influence in the promulgation of these regulations (rules). In fact sometimes, maybe even a lot of the time, the affected parties, want the regulations to protect or enhance their interests. So, some or even a lot of these regulations (rules) are there because that is exactly what the affected parties want. - cdog - Friday, Mar 10, 17 @ 8:03 am: I am personally responsible for following many government rules. So, I interact with, and keep appeased, many, many, many auditors and regulators. The ridiculousness of, and time-wasted on, the foolish and non-sensical regulations is disfunctional. A building could be “burning down,” and these state employees are worried about enforcing their misinterpretations of codes that are completely immaterial to safe and legal operations. - Demoralized - Friday, Mar 10, 17 @ 8:23 am: ==The ridiculousness of, and time-wasted on, the foolish and non-sensical regulations is disfunctional.== Regulations derive from laws. You have a problem with it talk to your legislator. ==their misinterpretations of codes== Because you may disagree with something does not make it a misinterpretation. Sounds like you have a personal beef and perhaps don’t like following regulations. Regulations are there for a reason. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.