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* From a press release…

Lt. Governor Sheila Simon will host the nation’s lieutenant governors in Chicago this week as the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) convenes its 50th annual conference in Illinois.

Expected to generate over $600,000 in hotel, transportation, restaurant and tourism revenue, 30 lieutenant governors and their staffs will meet at the Drake Hotel on Wednesday through Friday to identify policies that can improve college completion rates, link veterans to employment, increase access to locally grown food and combat domestic violence, among other issues.

Simon, the NLGA’s Midwest Region Chair, and Governor Pat Quinn will conduct the conference’s opening ceremonies Wednesday morning.

“I value this opportunity to showcase Chicago and share innovative strategies to grow our state and nation,” Lt. Governor Simon said.

* The Question: What should be the National Lieutenant Governors Association’s Chicago convention slogan this year?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:13 am

Comments

1. Your Tax Dollars At Work?

   Comment by JustaJoe Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:17 am

2. Banjo Picking to a Brighter America

   Comment by Pleading the Fifth Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:19 am

3. Lieutenant Governors: Totally Ignored and Irrelevant, But Only a Heartbeat Away!

   Comment by Esquire Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:19 am

4. “We’re Number 2″

   Comment by Tom Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:20 am

5. We will not be ignored!

   Comment by pingu Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:20 am

6. One indictment away!

   Comment by Rebel13 Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:21 am

7. Second City Welcomes Second Stringers

   Comment by x ace Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:21 am

8. Finding Things To Do (Other Than Monitoring The Boss’ Health).

   Comment by titan Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:22 am

9. The governor of Chicago welcomes you

   Comment by RetiredStateEmployee Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:23 am

10. “Brother can you spare a dime”?

    Comment by Jechislo Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:26 am

11. 50 Great Years of Pretending to be Relevant

    Comment by Bluefish Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:27 am

12. Second bananas in the second city.

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:27 am

13. Duck!

    Comment by Vitaman Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:32 am

14. You just have to wait ’til the boss starts living Jailhouse Rock!

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:33 am

15. “Politicians Anonymous”

    Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:36 am

16. You can end up #1; subtitle - helping the feds investigate

    Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:36 am

17. “Expected to generate over $600,000″

    Over $700,000 if they all just buy a couple cartons of Illinois taxed cigarettes.

    Comment by downstate hack Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:36 am

18. As Ready As We’re Gonna Be

    Political Purgatory

    The “Other” Governors

    The “Bullpen”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:42 am

19. We’re number two!

    Comment by Mr. Grassroots Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:44 am

20. How much staff would an Lt Gov. need or need to bring to a conf. Kustra drove his own car.
    I think a better question would be what kind of seminars are at a Lt Gov. Conf.
    What to do with your time while you wait.
    Hobbies for Lt Gov.
    How to leak info to the Feds.
    The FBI is your friend.
    Comparison of impeachment statues, state by state.
    Here’s a seminar Quinn should have taken: How to balance a budget once you’ve taken over.

    Comment by frustrated GOP Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:45 am

21. Sorry, I saw it was taken!

    Comment by Mr. Grassroots Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:46 am

22. We have no place to go but up!

    Comment by Mr. Grassroots Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:47 am

23. Relevance is just a heartbeat away

    Comment by HCM Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:55 am

24. A Stepping Stone to Higher Office.

    Comment by Grandson of Man Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:56 am

25. More Popular Than The Real Governors!

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:00 am

26. Please Wear Your Name Tags

    All the Perks, None of the Power

    Seat Fillers

    In the Wings

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:01 am

27. National Lieutenant Governor’s Association: Where Reading the Obituaries is our only Job

    Comment by John Bambenek Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:02 am

28. “We Want To See The People WHo said ‘NO’ to Daddy’s Lil DeDuction, IL Mitt Wanna Be — Jason The WoodieMan”

    Little long but it years for what might have been

    Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:06 am

29. NLGA 2012:

    Chicago Welcomes National Lieutenant Governors Anonymous

    Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:10 am

30. There’s always hope your governor will go to jail.

    Comment by Dave Victor Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:12 am

31. ‘Let’s Hear It For The “Executive” Branch’. If you’ve ever had one in the Drake bar you’ll know what I mean.

    Comment by DE Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:13 am

32. “Boosting the economy of Chicago…..during the height of their tourist season!”

    Want to boost an economy? Hold this in January in Chicago, or anytime in Detroit.

    Comment by Downstate Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:18 am

33. How to make a meaningful impression from a meaningless position.

    Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:19 am

34. Governors….are they relevant or just like us?

    Comment by one day at a time Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:21 am

35. Meh

    Someone Put This on the Schedule

    Our Yearly Use of the State Plane!

    (Crickets)

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:24 am

36. Ready to Serve When the Indictment Comes Down

    Comment by Ghost of John Brown Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:25 am

37. Lean Forward

    Value - Creation and Maintaining

    Common Issues in a Changing World

    Put me in, Coach

    Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:29 am

38. Total Recall

    Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:31 am

39. If Pat Quinn can become Governor, someday so can we!

    Comment by Frank Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:34 am

40. If everyone makes their own clothes like the Lt. Governor, the great State of Illinois can grow the textile industry without creating any jobs. Cut out the middle man, move over Quinn!

    Comment by Panopticon Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:38 am

41. We’re better then a bucket of spit

    Comment by Union Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:43 am

42. Almost Famous

    Chicago: Where Indictments Come True!

    Comment by Carl Nyberg Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:44 am

43. @ Esquire - More like “50 heartbeats away.”

    But having it in Illinois must give some of them reason to think the waiting around is worth it — will erstwhile member Pat Quinn be addressing them with his “never give up hope” speech?

    Comment by Elo Kiddies Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:46 am

44. Lt. Governors - its okay to be irrelevant

    Hobbies you can take up while waiting for the governor to die or be indicted

    Comment by Kerfuffle Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:47 am

45. Best practices for finding out when your governor is leaving the state

    http://www.klfy.com/story/19023345/jindal-doesnt-tell-dardenne-when-he-leaves-la

    Comment by stateandlake Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:51 am

46. Illinois: Where Lite Governors actually have a chance at moving up.

    Illinois: Where the office is more productive when vacant.

    Comment by 1776 Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:51 am

47. We try harder.

    Comment by amalia Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:52 am

48. Chicago: Because the Appalachian Trail Was Booked

    Comment by Carl Nyberg Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:56 am

49. They also serve who only stand and wait.

    Comment by Excessively Rabid Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:57 am

50. Enjoy Chicago! Next meeting is in Des Moines in Dec.

    Opening Event - Cubs vs Marlins - Be There!

    Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:57 am

51. Lt. Governors: We put the “M” in Meaningless!

    Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 10:58 am

52. Who is the favorite in the Stelle-Shapiro Most Likely to Succeed Contest?

    Comment by Esquire Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 11:02 am

53. 30 people over 3 days are going to generation $600k worth of stuff? This is what they call, fuzzy math.

    Comment by Shore Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 11:10 am

54. Welcome Signs…

    Welcome to Illinois, check you weapons at the state line.

    Welcome to Chicago, Illinois….Where our shooting high temperatures are lower than our body count.

    Comment by one day at a time Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 11:22 am

55. What should be the National Lieutenant Governors Association’s Chicago convention slogan this year?

    You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

    – MrJM

    Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 11:25 am

56. “I’m the Indictment that sideswipes Mr. Ethics. I’m the sexting scandal that scrapes the paint off your Family Values vaneer. Mayhem is coming. Are you in good hands?”

    Hattip: Allstate and Leo Burnett.

    Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 12:18 pm

57. How to shine in the shadows

    Comment by In absentia Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 12:19 pm

58. We’re in charge when the governor leaves the state.

    Comment by Stooges Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 12:44 pm

59. Illinios—puts the C in Chicago and the C in Corruption!

    Comment by Panopticon Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 1:03 pm

60. “Lt. Governoners - No, Really, It’s a real thing!”

    Comment by Elijiah Snow Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 1:11 pm

61. Lt. Governors: The toe jam of government!

    Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 1:48 pm

62. LT GOVS: Where the heck is Biden?

    Comment by Give Me A Break Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 1:54 pm

63. Lt Governors For Jobbing Their States!

    Comment by JustaJoe Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 1:56 pm

64. We got elected, now what?

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 2:06 pm

65. movin’ on up!

    Comment by been there Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 2:50 pm

66. What we do is so easy, even a caveman can do it!

    Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 3:15 pm

67. Think small.
    Smaller.
    Almost…
    Stop! Don’t blink!
    We are Americas political footnotes!

    Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 3:29 pm

68. Political victory can come with a humiliating cost

    Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 3:33 pm

69. Our time at the big kids table

    Comment by 618392dem Tuesday, Jul 17, 12 @ 9:28 pm

70. NLGA ILLINOIS 2012! It could happen to you, too!

    NLGA ILLINOIS 2012! Leading Lt Governors to the Big Chair

    NLGA ILLINOIS 2012! How You Can Drop the Lt, too!

    NLGA ILLINOIS 2012! Featuring a Special Appearance (via Skype…he wouldn’t want to get to close to all you wanna-be’s) by the Nation’s Most Famous Ex-Lt Governor, (real) Governor Pat Quinn!!’mm

    Actually, those all sound more like panels or a keynote speech than a slogan…

    Comment by Jerry101 Wednesday, Jul 18, 12 @ 12:02 am

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