* Gov. Bruce Rauner sent an e-mail to state workers today…

Good Afternoon!

Yesterday, I visited a number of state agencies and hope to visit many more in the days and weeks ahead to begin a dialogue about how we can improve state services and drive value for taxpayers. I also want to look into how to reward state employees for developing good ideas that make government more efficient and effective, paying bonuses for exceptional performance, and find ways to allow you to keep more money in your pockets.

In the meantime, I wanted to share this video message with you:

http://multimedia.illinois.gov/gov/gov-video-message.html

Thanks for all your hard work.

Bruce

* In the video, a smiling governor says he not only wants to meet all state workers, but said he also wanted them to have “good, fair compensation with appropriate” benefits. “I’d like to find ways where you could be compensated with bonuses” for increasing productivity, he said, and added that he wanted to help them keep more of their “hard-earned money” in their own pockets (no union dues perhaps?).

Anyway, I can’t figure out how to embed the thing, so click here and watch the video.