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* You can watch or listen to the speech online here and here. I’ll also be doing a preview starting at noon on Public TV with Jak Tichenor and Amanda Vinicky. Click here to watch it online. All four legislative leaders are also scheduled to appear on Jak’s show after the speech. You can also check out the various reaction pressers by clicking here.
And, of course, you can follow everything in real time right here with ScribbleLive…
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 10:26 am
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Today, Politico said Dunkin was having a presser at 3 pm. Any news if that will be streamed live?
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 10:36 am
Apologies.. should have checked Bluestream first;)
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 10:37 am
Dunkin. Party of one.
Comment by Archiesmom Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 11:45 am
Not exactly along panty lines, is it. I mean PARTY lines. Geez
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:00 pm
Do the doable, it’s a new year, and pronounce the g.
Comment by AC Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:06 pm
Dow jones has dropped 40 points since the governor started talking.
Comment by Anon Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:07 pm
I can’t listen to this speech because I don’t want to taste my lunch a second time. Just something about his voice turns my stomach.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:10 pm
He has said livin’ and living in the same speech. The Deerfield public schools should be ashamed, they have failed this former student.
Comment by siriusly Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:12 pm
OM*
Can’t finish- no G’s! I am soooo tired of this affectation!
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:13 pm
New drinkin’ game: take a drink every time Gov. Rauner drops a G.
Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:13 pm
I heard a “g” !!!!
Right after all the “thank you’s.”
How does that work? /s
Comment by cdog Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:14 pm
“bidness”… REALLY!!!
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:15 pm
Hey IPI, I got “Bingo.” What do I win?
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:17 pm
This is a fun fill-in-the-blank from Rauner’s address: “The Illinois Supreme court has made it very clear that _____”
Comment by Missing G Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:18 pm
How can you “get out from under” a consent decree? Aren’t those imposed by the courts?
Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:22 pm
Local control through state intervention?
Talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Sorry, talkin…
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:22 pm
Gotta love this. IEMA ISP have don great things thank you. Pause for Breath. All State workers are paid too much!!!!!
Comment by State Engineer Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:26 pm
You’d think he would have bought less anemic GOP applause.
Maybe there is hope.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:29 pm
This is one of the worst speeches I’ve ever heard.
Comment by From the 'Dale to HP Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:29 pm
According to the Scribbie feed, Dunkin’s been clappin’ hard!!
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:30 pm
When comprehensive procurement reform is the least objectionable part of your speech (albeit meaningless), it’s hard to build up a good head of steam.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:31 pm
===ieanea@ieanea
Last year, reformed criminal justice system to reduce prison population by 2025 by 25%===
False.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:33 pm
Text of speech is here–
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160127/NEWS02/160129836/read-rauners-state-of-the-state-speech-here
Comment by Nearly Normal Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:33 pm
Is there a clap track being played I feel like I have heard this one before
Comment by All the king's men Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:36 pm
Hard to even know what they are clapping for. Lots of generalities, lets support…lets support…How? What specifically. Oh Budget I just heard the word!
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:37 pm
Rauner talking about “mutual respect for co-equal branches of government.” Heh, yeah.
Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:39 pm
“we must cast partisanship and ideology aside”
He’s kidding right?
Comment by From the 'Dale to HP Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:39 pm
“We must cast partisanship and ideology aside.”
Abandon the turnaround agenda?
Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:39 pm
When the camera pulled back a few times to show the entire chamber there was a block of several open seats off the lower-right. No-shows..?
Comment by flippy Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:42 pm
That’s it?
Comment by burbanite Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:43 pm
Unions, union members, Social Services…
If you heard this speech, you know where Rauner stands with you.
Food for thought…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:46 pm
“Do the Doable”, Governor.
Do. The. Doable.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:53 pm
I do agree that rasin taxes won’t work, there aren’t enough rasins sold in Illinois for a rasin tax to generate enough revenue. /s
Comment by AC Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:56 pm
Radogno’s statements following the SOTS on social services shows her true colors- many (small social service providers) were failing anyway and were absorbed into better, stronger agencies.
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 12:58 pm
I’m typically a fact/data driven person. Where is the evidence that busting the unions will help Illinois’s economy for the average person? What about evidence that other components of the turnaround agenda will help the average person? I just see a partisan/ideological agenda.
Comment by Chicago Guy Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:03 pm
Can’t believe Leader Radogno’s tough talk “Scrooge-like” comments on smaller social service agencies and how the budget impasse has been a good thing because it’s caused them to merge with larger agencies. Maybe we should reduce the surplus population and get to the real heart of the problem. Sheesh.
Comment by GA Watcher Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:03 pm
–Jak Tichenor to Leader Radogno: Is the cost of the Turnaround Agenda (closing of social services, etc) worth it? Radogno: Yes, in long run.–
A follow up please: So when the first person dies because of cut social services, will to you responsibility for their death? Will you say their death was worth fighting for the reforms?
Comment by Dee Lay Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:04 pm
I think Radogno has REALLY provided a great campaign commercial sound “PIE” not just a bite to the Dems.
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:07 pm
==“Do the Doable”, Governor.==
He is. Decimating social services and driving the state closer to financial collapse have been quite doable. Reasonable people view everything that happened over the past year as not having accomplished anything, but try to view it as if all the destruction is desirable. Once you do, everything makes sense.
Comment by AC Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:08 pm
–“We must cast partisanship and ideology aside.”–
Said the most destructive, partisan, ideological governor that we’ve seen in our lifetimes.
Is that a gag line, an inside joke, a wink to the Frat Boys to yuk it up?
It’s simply not possible for a sane man with Rauner’s record to be so completely lacking in self-awareness that he could deliver that line straight and believe it.
It’s a bit, a real belly-laugh for the sycophants on the payroll. How cynical. How small.
Yet how revealing. Rauner acknowledges that “casting aside partisanship and ideology” is the aspiration, what a good governor should be doing.
But when he looks in the mirror every day, he must know that he is the opposite of what he should be.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:08 pm
Where was the talk of Minority Enterprise stuff? I thought he’d say something on that.
Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:10 pm
Durkin- The Governor is fixing Illinois.
****
He sure is! Just using a different definition of fixing than most people would.
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:17 pm
Durkin- asked if is it worth it (social services)- deflected to if Dems want a tax hike, they can pass a tax hike.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:21 pm
1:21 pm was me.
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:22 pm
Honeybear, Text of SOTS:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160127/NEWS02/160129836/read-rauners-state-of-the-state-speech-here
Comment by Mama Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:39 pm
Rauner still thinks he is the CEO of IL. He simply does not understand governing.
“For the people, by the people.”
Comment by Mama Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 1:42 pm
He says AFSCME is asking for $3 billion more in compensation? They represent about 40,000 state employees, so that comes out about to $75,000 each. No wonder he says they’ve reached an impasse! /s
Comment by Whatever Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:05 pm
Why does anyone care what Dunkin has to say. He seems to have lots of nobody standing behind him.
Comment by 360 Degree Turnaround Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:08 pm
How much did Rauner or his political committees pay Dunkin to do this press conference? Dunkin isn’t clever enough to come up with this idea himself. Im sure the real reason he wants to “camp out” is to avoid knocking on doors in his district.
Comment by What the what Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:20 pm
What the what- looks like he got a backpack, a sleeping bag, a bottle of water, soap, and access to Madigan’s private shower.
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:22 pm
How would Dunkin know what is in the Capitol? He’s missed so many votes Rod Blagojevich tried to auction off his chair!
Comment by 360 Degree Turnaround Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:27 pm
Anon221,
I don’t think it’s a definition issue. It’ s his pronouciation of a similar sounding word that starts with F and ends in G.
Comment by Triple fat Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:36 pm
360 degrees how many votes has Dunkin missed???? I’ve been working here in the cap for 15 years and I think your statement is waaaaaay off.
Comment by Austinman Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:40 pm
Just the important ones
Comment by 360 Degree Turnaround Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:47 pm
Of course, Ken Dunkin’s voting record looks good when compared to the rest of his house republican colleagues.
Comment by 360 Degree Turnaround Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 3:51 pm
So Rauner opposes raisin taxes.
Who wanted to tax raisins?
Comment by Kasich Walker, Jr. Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 4:14 pm
It’s disheatening that Dunkin, a social worker by training, can align himself with someone whose political strategy is to leverage those in need of social services.
Comment by ORT Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 4:17 pm
disheartening. Sorry.
Comment by ORT Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 4:22 pm
- Whatever - don’t worry, it’s just a number. Facts don’t matter in Raunerland.
Comment by Anon Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 4:25 pm
When I read this passage of the speech I was floored: “Work closely with President Cullerton to significantly increase state support for education, focusing our additional resources more on low income and rural school districts so we can provide high quality classrooms in every community, without taking money away from any other districts.” Just a few days ago President Cullerton at the City Club stated his plan (SB1 or a new version of it) involved transferring $400 million from higher wealth districts to lower wealth districts. Does the Governor plan on raising taxes to hold the high wealth districts harmless?
Comment by Rod Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 4:28 pm
Mutual respect? Does he mean that the Legislature and Supreme Court aren’t “corrupt” any more?
Comment by orzo Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 5:17 pm
Criticism: Why was there no mention of the conclusions of the Lt. Governor’s task force report on consolidation? Those recommendations supposedly equated to big savings, didn’t they? I would have thought that report would have had its own bullet point.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 5:27 pm
“He says AFSCME is asking for $3 billion more in compensation? They represent about 40,000 state employees, so that comes out about to $75,000 each.”
This is simply hogwash (NOT true)!
Comment by Mama Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 5:59 pm
- Kasich Walker, Jr. “So Rauner opposes raisin taxes. Who wanted to tax raisins?”
Shouldn’t have read this when I was eating dinner. Nearly choked to death laughing.
Comment by ToughGuy Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 6:34 pm
Triple fat- hat tip:)
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 6:56 pm
2014 state payroll 4.7 billion dollars per year for 82000 employees. Cannot figure out 3 billion more asked for by union with 32000 people represented. Must be over many years.
Comment by lost in the weeds Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 8:59 pm
Only way he can come up with that $3B number is if he is including the increased healthcare costs he wants that the union is opposing.
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 9:18 pm
=Only way he can come up with that $3B number is if he is including the increased healthcare costs he wants that the union is opposing.=
82000 people * $20000/person if no healthcare provided = 1.64 billion dollars per year, if healthcare costs were all paid by employees. These are rough numbers.
I can’t figure out the 1 billion dollars per year pensions savings either from what is described for pension reform, unless it is after many years. No bill yet to figure it however.
Comment by lost in the weeds Wednesday, Jan 27, 16 @ 10:15 pm
Things like this $3 billion claim and the paltry amount of benefits they project for the turnaround agenda items baffle me — are the governor and the whiz kids that bad with numbers or do they just think we are? Or is the Governor just channeling his inner Carl Sagan — “billions and billions”!
Comment by Whatever Thursday, Jan 28, 16 @ 7:57 am