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Sanguinetti talks about why she’s qualified to step in as governor

Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Bruce Rauner’s running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti was asked in Quincy this week what made her qualified to be governor in case something happens to Rauner. Her response wasn’t covered locally, but here it is in full…

“First of all, I served at the Illinois Attorney General’s office advising many units of government. I later went into private practice doing a lot of the same, so my relationships with government and knowing the way government works has been sound throughout the years.

“Not only am I an attorney that has advised government, I am also an adjunct professor of law at the John Marshall Law School. And I can send my message to all laws. [NOTE: I heard “all laws” but some heard “all walks” or “all walks of life.”]

“When I became an adjunct professor, I also took on the role of running and winning and becoming a councilman in the city of Wheaton. Right now I am a councilman to 54,000 residents and I’ve enjoyed my job doing that.

“All of this makes me absolutely qualified. But more so than anything I am a mother and I am a working woman who is very concerned about a state that I love very much.

“And because of that I am fully qualified and ready to serve, now and over the next couple of years. Thank you.

* Here’s the video. Her remarks begin at the 13-minute mark…

* Despite that rather awkward answer, Rauner’s running mate pitch appears to have played well with Downstate local media. Peoria Journal Star…

Bruce Rauner’s credentials campaigning for governor as an outsider were bolstered Wednesday as he introduced his running mate: a first-term Wheaton City Council member who has never held higher office than that.

Evelyn Sanguinetti talked up her work, her family history - daughter of immigrants from Ecuador and Cuba who worked hard to give their progeny a better life - and her conservative credentials as the two stopped at Haddad’s Downtown restaurant on the second day of a statewide campaign swing.

“I’m sure a (4-foot, 11-inch) Latina with an Italian last name is not what the career politicians had expected,” she said. “… I’m not part of a Springfield club, I’m not an insider.”

Sanguinetti repeatedly cast the campaign as a battle between outsiders and insiders, and praised Rauner’s work over the years with education issues, including school reform, and said that dedication linked the two of them.

* The Southern Illinoisan…

Describing her as someone with drive to overcome obstacles, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner’s introduced Evelyn Sanguinetti as his running mate for lieutenant governor during a campaign stop Wednesday at Vault Café On The Square.

“Evelyn has been living the American dream that can inspire us,” Rauner said in his introduction of Sanguinetti, the daughter of a father who legally immigrated to the United States from Ecuador and her mother, who entered the country as a Cuban refugee.

Rauner, who is seeking the Republican nomination, said Sanguinetti’s strong points include a desire to turn around elementary school education in Illinois and create a booming economy throughout the state.

Playing off his campaign motto, Rauner said Sanguinetti joins him on a campaign mission to “shake it (Springfield) up like it never has been shaken up before.”

* WQAD…

“I show respect to very socially conservative voters, I show the respect to socially liberal voters and moderate centrist voters. I want to bring them all together and unite the party and I want to appeal to many Democrats who are frustrated with the lack of jobs and high taxes and the deteriorating schools and corruption in Springfield. Pat Quinn is failing because he’s not a leader,” Rauner said.

“Mike Madigan will be a challenge but Mike Madigan has never negotiated with someone like me,” he said.

Discuss.

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Major business group endorses gay marriage bill

Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From a press release…

Saying that it is “good for business” in the state, the Illinois Restaurant Association (IRA) today announced its strong support for the freedom to marry and urged members of the Illinois House to act quickly in passing SB10, the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act. The Illinois General Assembly returns to Springfield in less than two weeks for its fall veto session.

“As owners of small and large businesses, our members know the importance of treating all customers equally,” said IRA president Sam Toia. “It’s the right thing to do — and it’s good for business.”

Toia pointed to a study released in March by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law showing that marriage equality would generate up to $103 million in spending in Illinois within the first three years of SB10’s passage. The boost to the wedding business and related industries such as hospitality would create 281 jobs, the study estimated.

Last month, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback came to Chicago to invite same-sex couples from Chicago to travel to Minneapolis to get legally married. “This means that instead of keeping business and dollars in Illinois, couples and their families will leave the state to hold their weddings, their receptions, and their rehearsal dinners,” Toia said. “As a businessman, I worry that Illinois is falling behind.”

* And a Chicago alderman is doing just that. Leaving Illinois to get married…

The alderman who represents much of Uptown on the Chicago City Council is headed to Washington state next month to tie the knot with his longtime partner, frustrated over a stalled gay marriage bill in the Illinois House.

“We are going to go elsewhere,” said Ald. James Cappleman, 46th. “It’s kind of sad that a Chicago alderman, an elected official, has to leave his own state. But we’ll keep fighting. There’s a lot of people who want to get married.”

Cappleman and Richard Thale, who met in church, have been together for 22 years. The plan to get married Nov. 22, surrounded by relatives who live out West. The couple already have a civil union in Illinois.

* Meanwhile, the pro gay marriage forces are highlight a “couple of the week” in the run-up to veto session. From a press release…

The series kicks off with Lee Edwards and Brenda Lee, a South Shore couple who first met 23 years ago. In spite of their love and long-term commitment, their home state continues to deny them the freedom to marry.

“We just wish to continue living together in our beautiful, supportive relationship,” said Edwards. “We are waiting for the day that Illinois realizes that our love is important, too.”

Edwards and Lee met at a friend’s barbecue while enjoying a sunny day in Chicago. Over the years, they have spent much time together at their church and are involved in local ministries.

The video…

* On the other side of the equation, the Illinois Family Institute is cranking up the heat in advance of the veto session…

I am so excited to see how our grassroots efforts are making a difference. You made it possible for us to sell out the IFI Fall Banquet that we held recently with Dr. Benjamin Carson. Over 1,100 Illinoisans turned out to show their support for Christian values. This event reminded me that, despite what media pundits want us to believe, protecting life, family, and freedom is a value shared by many, many citizens. […]

The push for same-sex “marriage” is meant to divide people, and it is, of course, a negative. Secular progressives know that if they push this negative hard enough it will eventually appear to be a positive. They hate the God of Christianity and the Bible.

We must resist this scheme. As Christians, it is our duty. For the sake of our children and grandchildren, let’s make sure marriage revisionists go no further in advancing their effort to pervert the legal definition of marriage.

You can help right now by contacting your legislator:

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