Question of the day
Tuesday, Apr 3, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* SJ-R…
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign team has blanketed the airwaves with ads since announcing his re-election bid in October. But on the government operations side, Rauner’s team is looking to reach Illinois residents in a different way: through their email inbox.
Rauner’s office on Friday announced the launch of a new email newsletter billed as a way for state residents to stay up to date on Illinois news, issues and events.
We’re building a better Illinois for our businesses and families,” the signup pitch writes. “Stay up to date on our progress.”
Rauner spokeswoman Rachel Bold said the newsletter “is part of our plan to more actively engage with constituents through digital media.”
* The Question: Your suggested topics for Gov. Rauner’s new government newsletter?
- DuPage Bard - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:00 pm:
What are your suggestions for wasting more taxpayer money on campaigning tactics?
- Moist von Lipwig - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:01 pm:
A weekly tracker: “Who’s in Charge THIS Week in Illinois Government?”
- Boone's is Back - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:01 pm:
This week in how Mike Madigan is ruling/ ruining the state
- Montrose - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:01 pm:
A monthly “Dear Bruce” advice column where every answer from Rauner is “Madigan.”
- WhoKnew - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:02 pm:
No Like buttons!
- Montrose - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:03 pm:
I am assuming IPI will purchase this publication within the first month.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:05 pm:
A weekly photo feature:
“Bruce’s silly costume of the week.”
- Stuff Happens - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:06 pm:
Include an easy-to-find unsubscribe link.
- Flynn's Mom - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:09 pm:
Will there be an ethics section in the newsletter? Is Diana the publisher?
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:09 pm:
“Cotton or Polyester? - Best Costume Materials Revealed”
“…’Ask My Wife’ - Email Diana, Get The Message Right”
“Understanding Vetoes”
“Ties - Why Wear Them, Why Others Deserve Them”
“Where Are You Now? - The Trash Can Van Is Found”
“Where I’m Spending That Tax Increase, But Won’t Admit It”
“Ut Oh - IPI DOA”
“Personal Injury Advice You Need By Slip And Sue Sanguinetti”
“Agencies I Love But Refuse To Fund”
“The Numbero Uno Reason Governing Is Fun And Games Too”
“My ROI That Will Make Me Happy”
“Right To Work Is Right On For Me”
“What Teachers Can Learn From Gov. Rauner”
“State Workers Vs. Taxpayers, Why I Know State Workers Are Bad”
“Who Wants To Be A Member of The General Assembly? Survey Below”
My Favorite Home; Tour The Director’s House at The Fairgrounds”
- Rutro - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:11 pm:
Property listings in italy
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:11 pm:
The morality of lying.
- A Jack - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:12 pm:
He can avoid all the trouble and just put a link to Capital Fax.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:13 pm:
“Weekly Synopsis - ‘Dad’s Home State’, Straight From The Stars”
- Blue dog dem - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:16 pm:
Suggested topics.
1. Life after politics
2. Wine. White or red.
3. Tour Illinois on your Harley in retirement.
- Al - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:19 pm:
Why rather than saving money on MCO contracts, Illinois spends billions more?
What other State can boast of this kind of failure, I mean success?
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:21 pm:
1. Lying for Fun and Profit
2. Illinois Voters: Thick or Just Stupid?
3. Weekly Flair Update
4. Dress for Success: Matching the Right Costume with the Rubes You’re Trying to Fool
5. Mike Madigan and 9/11
6. Mike Madigan and JFK Assassination
7. Mike Madigan and The Great Plague
8. Donald Who?
9. Talkin’ Duct Tape with Eric Greitens
10. Does Anyone Understand All These Numbers, Anyway?
11. Reader Survey: Which Social Service Provider Should I Put Out of Business Next?
12. Help - I Don’t Have a Clue
- Leigh John-Ella - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:21 pm:
Hmmm. Government side, huh?
Countdown til Proft FOIAs the distribution list and then supplements with his own newsletter
- Thoughts Matter - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:28 pm:
‘Today is XYZ day in Illinois. I am therefore canceling funding for programs that support XYZ’ .
A column by a linguist who explains the meaning of speech patterns such as dropped Gs.
- Chris P. Bacon - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:32 pm:
I really hope it includes something about how horrible Madigan is because Rauner hasn’t hit on that for 5 minutes.
- Whatever - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:32 pm:
A constitutional law for outsiders column, dealing such topics as the pension clause, the passage of bills, the procedures for vetoing a bill, the reduction veto, the amendatory veto, the powers of the governor, etc.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:32 pm:
How about a cross word puzzle where every answer is Madigan?
- Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:33 pm:
1. Smear campaigns are effective for my rogue GA employees who run against me.
2. How to sabotage state government and succeed—blame Madigan.
3. How my income skyrocketed while state debt exploded, social services were decimated, providers were stiffed and higher ed was slashed.
4. Why it’s okay to drastically cut state workers while my income triples.
- Dome Gnome - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:33 pm:
“Where I store my dropped ‘Gs’ and other mansion secrets.”
- Henry Francis - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:36 pm:
How a veto becomes a law.
- Osborne Smith III - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:37 pm:
An email newsletter, you say?
You mean one like the caucuses of the GA have been doing for quite some time now?
Way to be original, BTIA! Whoooo!
- Northsider - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:37 pm:
How do I unsubscribe?
- JoanP - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:38 pm:
Spam recipes.
- anonymous 2 - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 1:50 pm:
Every paper needs a “JUMBLE” - how about
PLEAES
DOTN
VOET
FRO
PRITKZRE
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 2:00 pm:
Gonna be awful tough to top Henry Francis. lol
- Huh? - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 2:18 pm:
Civics lesson on how to override a veto with a simple majority.
- Blue dog dem - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 2:33 pm:
1. How to find waste,fraud and abuse in state government.
2. Who should be the main attraction at the state fair.
3. How to hide political appointees in various state agencies.
4. How to not pay bills and call the budget balanced.
- d.p.gumby - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 2:51 pm:
What I learned from the president I won’t name.
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 2:59 pm:
–How a veto becomes a law.–
Ah yes. One of the many memories from those few weeks when the IPI types showed off their mad skills in real jobs.
Turned out, they couldn’t make it on the outside. They’re institutional people now.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 3:09 pm:
===How a veto becomes a law.===
Yeah… - Henry Francis - wins the day. Pithy, pointed, razor sharp.
Well done.
“Local Control - Unless The State Needs To Intervene”
“Hide and Seek; Find The Buried Salary”
“Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Pinstripe Contracts; A Primer”
“Collective Assault - Bargaining On Labor Strife”
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 3:53 pm:
How to spend $75 million and still be 20 points underwater.
- Wensicia - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 4:31 pm:
Hostage of the Week
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 4:52 pm:
Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Because Madigan
- RNUG - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 5:29 pm:
Pinstripe patronage is not graft.
Upgrading the State’s computer systems for $500B is a bargain
Tanking the State Bond rating for fun and profit
Saving money through union busting
Profiting from public - private partnerships
How to sue and have the government pay your legal fees
Campaigning on a State salary … and other gray area activities
Winning friends and influecing the 1.4% with selective vetoes
Taking credit for school funding
- RNUG - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 5:34 pm:
Reclaiming your base: a practical example
Buying votes on a budget using targeted new media outlets
Campaign promises: truth or fiction
First class education on a third class budget
Property tax reduction: a fairy tale?
- Winnin’ - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 7:57 pm:
Chamber Business Beat
a column by
Kenny Dunkin
- Keyrock - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 8:15 pm:
Visiting the Illinois State Museum.
- Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 9:13 pm:
Treating File Folders like Human Beings
- Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Apr 3, 18 @ 9:14 pm:
Back Porch Bidness
- Rabid - Wednesday, Apr 4, 18 @ 5:34 am:
Tricks to lower your property taxes
- Rabid - Wednesday, Apr 4, 18 @ 5:39 am:
Mungers moment
- Rabid - Wednesday, Apr 4, 18 @ 5:46 am:
Someone’s in the kitchen with dianna
- Rabid - Wednesday, Apr 4, 18 @ 7:46 am:
next Facebook venue timetable
- Rabid - Wednesday, Apr 4, 18 @ 8:18 am:
Seeing your way threw a blind trust
- Rabid - Wednesday, Apr 4, 18 @ 8:49 am:
Standing up to madigan seeing eye to eye