Question of the day
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Abdel Jimenez at the Tribune…
[Kentucky] on Monday launched a six-month marketing campaign to lure Illinois businesses across the border with the promise of lower taxes and better weather.
The first billboard, which proclaims “Illinois isn’t pro-business, Kentucky is,” went up on Monday near 147th Street [on Interstate 57]. Eight more billboards are expected to go up before Oct. 28, heading south to the Kentucky border. Kentucky is paying about $87,000 for the billboards and creative costs, said Jack Mazurak, spokesman for the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. […]
“We have had a number of Illinois businesses inquire about doing business in the state,” said Vivek Sarin, Kentucky’s economic development interim secretary. “It’s enough to catch our attention and justify this campaign that we are launching.” […]
“A lot of this is fueled by our right-to-work law,” Sarin said. […]
Since passing the so-called right-to-work law, Kentucky saw “pent-up demand and a lot of interest generated” from Illinois manufacturers that typically have unions, Mazurak said.
More KY slogans at the link.
* The Question: Your suggested Illinois jobs-poaching marketing slogans for Kentucky? Snark will be allowed.
- Montrose - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:22 pm:
“Illinois’ grass isn’t blue, but it will bring in the green.”
- jc19pd2 - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:24 pm:
Remember, Right to work means we have the right to work you silly. Right to work, we reserve the right to work you for less pay. - Vote Yertle the turtle.
- Les Nessman - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:27 pm:
Illinois, greater than Kentucky in almost every way since 1818.
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:28 pm:
Move to Illinois, where we might be corrupt but are not owned by Russia. #MoscowMitch
- Steve - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:29 pm:
Come to Kentucky where Mitch McConnell has a smaller campaign fund than Alderman Ed Burke.
- Stuntman Bob's Brother - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:30 pm:
“Kentucky, Abe Lincoln’s “true” home state”
- Wensicia - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:35 pm:
Abraham Lincoln left Kentucky for Illinois, so should you.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:36 pm:
Illinois, our Governor is more popular than Kentucky’s.
- Bourbon Street - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:36 pm:
Illinois: Home Of Fair Pay
- James Knell - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:40 pm:
Escape from “Low Wage Mitch”… in Chicago.
I love Wensicia’s “Abraham Lincoln left Kentucky for Illinois, so should you.” I can’t do better than that.
- lake county democrat - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:40 pm:
Kentucky will make you a mint julep. We’ll make you a mint.
- mcdouble - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:44 pm:
Kentucky? Really? You can do better than that.
- Chicagonk - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:46 pm:
Illinois - Because we also have pension funding issues.
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:46 pm:
Illinois: Welcome to the 21st Century
- slow down - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:47 pm:
In Illinois, you will have to pay your employees a living wage. On the other hand, you’ll be paying your employees a living wage.
- don the legend - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:52 pm:
Illinois-We have the Eastern Bloc so you’ll feel right at home
- Driving a car - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:52 pm:
A massive billboard that just says:
Honestly, other than horse racing and bourbon — name one thing that Kentucky does better than Illinois
- Proud Sucker - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:53 pm:
Indiana tried to poach from us too. Look what happened to them - just sayin’.
- Red Ketcher - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 12:58 pm:
Move to Kentucky Now
Three Good Reasons
Bourbon, Bourbon, Bourbon
- Father Ted - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:01 pm:
There’s more to life than a copious supply of brown liquor. Not much, but it’s a fact.
- revvedup - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:07 pm:
Illinois: Because Kentucky is just horsin’ around.
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:08 pm:
Kentucky, where businesses move if they want fewer customers and less money.
- Mason born - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:09 pm:
Might as well fully embrace stereotypes.
Sure we’ll tax you more,
Sure we’ll increase your labor costs,
Sure the hunting is worse,
Heck the State Gov’t may even legislate your product out of the market,
But Our Eligible Bachelor’s/Bachelorrettes have teeth.
One at a time on the bridge ya’ll.
- @misterjayem - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:09 pm:
“Kentucky: We’re not Indiana”
– MrJM
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:09 pm:
=Honestly, other than horse racing and bourbon — name one thing that Kentucky does better than Illinois=
Poverty, as in more.
- @misterjayem - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:11 pm:
“Illinois - Because who wants to smoke bluegrass?”
– MrJM
- jeffo773 - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:24 pm:
Kentucky: We partially tax pension income
- R A T - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:24 pm:
Bring your business to Kentucky where you can pay the $7.25/hr minimum wage. Yes, we put the K-Y in Kentucky.
- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:31 pm:
Why live in the Bluegrass state when you can live in the state that has the blues and the grass?
- Henry Francis - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:37 pm:
If you have been thinking about moving your Illinois-based business to Indiana, but found Hoosiers too hifalutin - Kentucky (exclamation point)
- Drake Mallard - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:52 pm:
Come to Kentucky where everybody is related.
- lincoln's beard - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 1:58 pm:
Abe Lincoln was born in Kentucky but had to move to Illinois to become a success. Think you’re better than Abraham Lincoln?
- Red ghetto in a blue state - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 2:04 pm:
Kentucky. We will give you a free banjo in exchange for lower wages.
- Three Brothers - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 2:04 pm:
Move to Illinois and pay for the pensions of people who moved to Florida.
- Skeptic - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 2:08 pm:
“Race” to Illinois where the business weather is “rosy”. It’s so trite and inane, it just might work.
- A guy - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 2:14 pm:
Bulls > Colonels
- Steve Rogers - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:03 pm:
Kentucky: Birthplace of Jefferson Davis-moved to Mississippi. How’d that turn out???
Kentucky: Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln-moved to Illinois. How’d that turn out?
- horseplayer - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:12 pm:
Come to Kentucky… We maintain our roads.
- Bruce( no not him) - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:17 pm:
Illinois, we’ve got Madigan. What else can you possibly need?
- Honeybadger - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:19 pm:
Kentucky, home of Moscow Mitch and Rand Paul.
‘nuf said (punctuation that is banned)
- Jocko - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:20 pm:
For out-of-state employers “Come for the lakefront, stay for the educated workforce.”
- IllinoisBoi - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:21 pm:
Kentucky: think of us as South Indiana
- Quizzical - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:25 pm:
Want to date outside your family? Illinois is here for you.
- Dotnonymous - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:28 pm:
Illinois…it’s not Indiana or Kentucky…so there’s that.
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:36 pm:
Kentucky: We pay our college athletes more than Illinois does
- Still Waiting - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:41 pm:
Illinois: We know the difference between a sentence and a comma splice.
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 3:57 pm:
Come to Illinois, where we pay in dollars, not rubles.
- OneMan - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 4:01 pm:
There is a reason Lincoln left.
Odds of us passing laws that allow you to discriminate against classes of people are much lower.
Yeah, your diverse college educated work force is gonna be cool with a guy says “white men have no rights”.
- Southern Illinois Mayor - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 4:12 pm:
It’s not cool to marry your sister.
- Enviro - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 4:20 pm:
In Illinois your employees must be paid a living wage.
But your customers will also be paid a living wage.
- 312 - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 4:49 pm:
Kentucky: where we (Think we) will match your Alinea and raise you two Cracker Barrel’s.
- Chicago 20 - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 4:52 pm:
Kentucky- We’re desperate
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 5:13 pm:
Kentucky: The only state where the word ‘toothbrush’ is accurate.
- Ipso Facto - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 5:17 pm:
Illinois: We’re the Dorothy Tillman of silly hats and horse trading
- Ipso Facto - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 5:24 pm:
Illinois: the former home of Dennis Byrne
- KY - Wednesday, Oct 23, 19 @ 8:24 pm:
“Honestly, other than horse racing and bourbon — name one thing that Kentucky does better than Illinois”
How about college basketball?
- Nitemayor - Thursday, Oct 24, 19 @ 3:29 am:
Kentucky:Home of the home on wheels.
- efudd - Thursday, Oct 24, 19 @ 8:57 am:
Illinois-where you won’t have to wait 50 years for the 21st century.
- Sure - Thursday, Oct 24, 19 @ 9:19 am:
Kentucky, yeah we’re 49th in fiscal health, but we still beat out Illinois.