Today, Daniel Biss announced “The Road Forward” State Tour, a trip of more than 2,000 miles to talk directly with voters about the future of Illinois. Beginning this Friday, August 18th, Daniel will tour our state to highlight the stories of ordinary people hurt by our state’s broken political system — and the chance we have in this election to make Illinois work for the middle class, not the millionaires.
“Illinois is full of potential, but for the middle class it’s harder and harder to realize that these days because of our broken political system. For too long, our government has served the wealthy and well-connected while the rest of us has paid the price. We’ve had enough—that’s why my campaign is about the road forward for the middle class. It’s about the conversations we need to have with our neighbors, and with people all across Illinois, about our state’s future so that it works for the rest of us again,” said Daniel.
News of the tour was also shared by video, released by Biss for Illinois this morning. In the video, Daniel describes the tale of two taxes, highlighting the disparity between his own family’s tax rate and Bruce Rauner’s as an example of how our tax system takes advantage of middle class families instead of asking the wealthy to pay their fair share.
“In Illinois, the very rich have bought a political system that works for them, and not the rest of us,” said Daniel in the video. “That’s why I’m embarking on “The Road Forward,” a ten-day tour of Illinois where we’re going to hear these stories from people across our state—and talk about what we can do to fix the problem. Because if we want to take our state back, we have to start by telling the truth.”
During the tour, Daniel will make stops in Bloomington, Cairo, Champaign, Collinsville, Decatur, Elgin, Galesburg, Joliet, Moline, Peoria, Rockford, and Waukegan, among others.
For more details and to follow along, visit DanielBiss.com/Road-Forward or follow #RoadForwardIL.
- Dome Gnome - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:08 am:
Here I am, a regular old Joe. I’m not a Springfield insider. I don’t have any money or power. And . . . I want Biss in the governor’s office. Even more than that, I want back a time in Illinois when billionaires with no public policy track record didn’t self-fund campaigns. Is this too much to ask?
- Teddy - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:13 am:
Oh look, a candidate who’s actually qualified to be governor. What a concept.
- DuPage Bard - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:21 am:
How is he going to catch up to JB in money and how is he going to catch up to Kennedy in polling numbers?
Btw where has Kennedy been this month?
- Ambassador Abe - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:25 am:
Not a bad ad…Well spoken and diligent. Does a good job seeming relatively normal, but maybe should work on his presence on camera.
- Lady Lefty - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:31 am:
Wow, sounds just like a tour another candidate did in July. I think it was called the One Illinois Tour? 10 Days? 20 Cities? Weird. Sounds just like Ameya’s Tour, but… the same.
- Humboldt - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:36 am:
LL…should candidates not tour the state they want to be governor of?
Maybe it sounds similar because it’s a good idea and required in order to build a base of voters?
- Periwinkle - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:38 am:
===Wow, sounds just like a tour another candidate did in July…Weird===
A statewide candidate touring the state. How weird.
- SammyG - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:38 am:
Lady Lefty, I was thinking the same thing! Now which downstate mayor will be his running mate?
- SwingVoter - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 10:52 am:
Kennedy has been in Nantucket for most of the month. Not a joke
- Anon0091 - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 11:11 am:
Is this also a convenient excuse to not have a presence at the State Fair and County Chairman’s event?
- Robert the Bruce - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 11:12 am:
Why didn’t he just carpool with Pawar? Shared campaign expenses too complicated for their D-2’s?
- Just Observing - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 11:37 am:
Let’s not pretend that Pawar invented the statewide tour.
- CatAttack - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 11:37 am:
Following Pawar again…and for good reason, it was a great idea when he did it so it isn’t surprising that Biss would follow.
- JoeMaddon - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 12:01 pm:
**it was a great idea when he did it**
Yup - Pawar and his campaign were the first folks to EVER have the idea of doing a statewide tour when running statewide. *eyeroll*
- Ghost - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 12:03 pm:
Bissness as usual
- Spirit - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 12:27 pm:
Does this mean Squeezy’s coming back?
- Montrose - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 12:58 pm:
That stop in Cairo is gonna be awkward.
- Anonish - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 1:24 pm:
Just think of how much nicer his bus will be considering how much more money he has than Pawar. Wait, buses! Yes a caravan of buses! Playing music loudly to help keep the people awake as Biss lectures them
- Soccermom - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 3:26 pm:
Is he bringing his LTG pick along? Might be a good opportunity to introduce him/her statewide – especially since we start passing petitions in a few weeks.
- Responsa - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 4:04 pm:
I am a big fan of trips around the state for everybody. Food is different, scenery is different, jobs are different, accents are different, etc. Tours around the state where candidates, especially, talk with citizens and listen to their issues and hear what they have to say and how they assess the state of the state is very very good.
- Trapped in the 'burbs - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 4:11 pm:
Biss wins in 2018, gets sworn in and announces his presidential run for 2020.
- Biss da man - Tuesday, Aug 15, 17 @ 5:47 pm:
Good idea. Local press and a lot of people will like his Herman Munster looks and scholarly ways