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* The backstory here is that @ChicagoBars has been deluged with tweets saying he’s wrong about what state law says about kids sitting at bars…

* This suggestion is just too good to pass up…

Have fun.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:21 am

Comments

1. Department of Adults Mistreating Kids for Their Own Convenience

   Comment by A Well-Regulated Commenter Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:25 am

2. Department of Redundancy Department

   Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:26 am

3. Department of fully funded pensions

   Comment by Angry Republican Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:26 am

4. The Department of Managing Department Emergencies.

   Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:27 am

5. Department of Electronic Surveillance

   Comment by Birdseed Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:28 am

6. Office of the Legislative Inspector General

   Comment by CookR Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:28 am

7. Department of Buzzwords and Inflated Promises…Oh wait, they already made DoIT.

   Comment by NIU Grad Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:28 am

8. The Illinois Department of Flight Line and Fallopian Tubing.

   Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:30 am

9. CookR, I just about spit out my coffee after reading your comment. Hilarious (exclamation point).

   Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:30 am

10. Department of Special Elections for Legislative Vacancies.

    Comment by A guy Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:30 am

11. Department of New Illinois

    Comment by Steve Rogers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:32 am

12. The Department of Kicking the Can Down the Road

    Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:32 am

13. Department of Alien Encounters

    Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:34 am

14. Department for Helping Unguided Governors (DHUG). less necessary now.

    Comment by Anon For Now Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:35 am

15. Came here to post OLIG but Cook beat me to the punch. My runner up is Department of Metaphor, Wimsey and Caprice.

    Comment by Just Another Anon Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:36 am

16. Department of the Eastern Bloc

    Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:36 am

17. Illinois Department of Unusable Neolgism Network Operations or IDUNNO

    Comment by Angry Republican Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:41 am

18. Illinois Office of the Architect of the Capitol,

    Bureau of Drawers

    Comment by Thomas Paine Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:42 am

19. The Futility Department

    Comment by An_Illinois_Man Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:43 am

20. Office of State Separation and Secession

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:44 am

21. Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs since a major grocery chain thinks it exists.

    Comment by muon Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:44 am

22. Department of Confederate Veterans Affairs

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:45 am

23. Department of Legislative Ethics Enforcement

    Comment by pipersls Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:45 am

24. Department of Saving Money for a Rainy Day Funds

    Comment by R A T Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:47 am

25. The Department of Omissions

    Comment by An_Illinois_Man Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:48 am

26. The Bureau of Hiding Sensitive Materials in Random Drawers.

    Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:49 am

27. The Office of Emergency Concealment Operations.

    Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:50 am

28. Department of Instructing Downstate Illinoisans of the Financial Dependency on Cook County

    Comment by efudd Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:52 am

29. Department of Land Voting

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:52 am

30. Department of Cannabis ….. I forgot the rest.

    Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:53 am

31. The Bureau for Better Breaux

    Comment by Not again Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:54 am

32. Independent Redistricting Commission.

    Comment by Keyrock Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 9:56 am

33. Department of Non-Magical Thinking about the Pension Debt.

    OT: I spend many happy hours next to my dad on a bar stool growing up, though when I could get a quarter out of him I was over playing the Evel Knievel pinball machine.

    Comment by Earnest Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:02 am

34. I believe this falls under legislative support services:

    Legislative Bureau of ComEd (Commerce and Economic Development). The Bureau is responsible for issuing Job Creation Notes and Fiscal Notes on all matters pending before the Illinois General Assembly.

    Comment by {Sigh} Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:06 am

35. Office of Scientific Intelligence, but only if Oscar Goldman is named Director.

    Comment by Steve Rogers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:09 am

36. Citizens utility board

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:11 am

37. Ministry of silly walks

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:13 am

38. The Department of Racketeering Activity.

    Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:13 am

39. -Ministry of silly walks-

    Illinois appropriate, Ministry of Perp Walks

    Comment by SpfdNewb Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:15 am

40. Management of central management agency

    Comment by Drake Mallard Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:22 am

41. Department of Toddler Bar-Sitting Prohibition Enforcement

    Mariano’s should’ve swung for the fences and went with this.

    Comment by perrier Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:24 am

42. I’d like the corruption office that Lisa Madigan said she would create when she ran in 2002, then promptly forgot about once she was in office.

    I can’t imagine why Lisa MADIGAN suddenly lost interest in her big campaign promise.

    Comment by Just Me 2 Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:29 am

43. Illinois Department of Funk and Groove

    Comment by Estubborn Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:30 am

44. Dept. of Phantom Little Old Democratic Ladies Telling Rauner to Stay Strong.

    Comment by Strategy Geek Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:34 am

45. Department of Governors Paroles

    Comment by Morningstar Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 10:59 am

46. Illinois Department of Tribune Editorial Corrections.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 11:04 am

47. CookR @ 9:28 wins the internet today, but…

    The Department of Putting Things on Top of Other Things.

    Comment by Northsider Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 11:14 am

48. IL Department of Corruption.

    A “wink, wink, nudge,nudge to Northsider at 11:14 am.

    Comment by revvedup Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 11:42 am

49. Department of task forces and blue ribbon commissions

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 11:45 am

50. The Illinois Department of Departments Under Illinois Departmental Departments in Illinois

    Comment by RIJ Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 11:56 am

51. Back in the day, when frustrated with issues at the office, my friend and I used to entertain ourselves by staffing a fictitious “Bureau/Division of Fools”
    I guess now, at times, it may deserve to be elevated to a full agency

    Comment by former state employee Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 12:11 pm

52. IL department of Downstate Complaints about Cook County.

    Comment by ike Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 12:26 pm

53. Bureau of Acronyms Developed to Bolster Ill-advised Legislation

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 12:28 pm

54. The Department of Redundancy Department

    Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 12:30 pm

55. Doh! Sorry for the redundant comment, Cheryl.

    Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 12:31 pm

56. Legislative Ethics Commission

    Comment by NWL Grad Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 12:38 pm

57. Office of State Senator Jason Plummer

    Comment by Chief of Staff Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 1:24 pm

58. Department of Property Tax Assessment being based on what the property sold for plus actual inflation, not on what a new luxury property down the street cost.

    Comment by DuPage Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 1:32 pm

59. The Office for the Regulation of Current and Former Legislators

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 1:44 pm

60. The Dept of Revenue Protection and Child Custody Benefits and Services.

    Comment by theCardinal Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 1:56 pm

61. Joint Commission on Marijuana Policy

    Comment by thechampaignlife Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 2:06 pm

62. There are too many great candidates:

    Illinois Bureau of Division and Redirection
    State Patronage Commission
    Freedom from Information Counselor
    Pension Demerit Board
    Property Tax and Toilet Relief Task Force
    Illinois Board of Higher Ed (cannabis policy chaired by a guy named Ed)
    State Bored of Education
    Illinois Ego Control Board
    Historic Legislation Agency
    Illinois State Fare
    Illinois Art of Fiscal Notes Council
    Office of Migration and Flight

    Comment by thechampaignlife Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 2:34 pm

63. I’ll just stick with a slogan or motto a la Mao Zedong “ Let a thousand barflies bloom”.

    Comment by VerySmallRocks Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 2:44 pm

64. Department of Income Inequality

    Comment by Enviro Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 2:44 pm

65. The Department of Making the Will of the People the Law of the Land. Pat Quinn has already submitted his nomination for Director.

    Comment by Boone's is Back Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 2:47 pm

66. Department of mysteries, somewhere in there is the solution to the pension problem

    Comment by papak Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 3:00 pm

67. Illinois Department of Nobody No One Sent

    Comment by PsyOps Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 3:07 pm

68. The Illinois Department of Property Tax Lawyers.

    Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 3:14 pm

69. The Illinois Department for Potholes (and, no, it’s function is not to fix them).

    Comment by Whatever Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 3:29 pm

70. Department of Social Responsibility

    Comment by Nameless Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 3:45 pm

71. The Department of shiny new objects and nuclear events.

    Comment by The Young Gov Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 4:00 pm

72. The Illinois Department of Outflow

    Comment by In_The_Middle Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 4:59 pm

73. The department of politicians tell no lies.

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 6:33 pm

74. Tickled so many people ran with this.

    FWIW 3D Checker’s “The Department of Managing Department Emergencies” and the OLIG suggestions both made me lol. Cheers everyone.

    And keep your eyes out for the Illinois Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs holiday party later next month. At an undisclosed location TBA just a long waterslide away from the Thompson Center.

    Comment by ChicagoBars Wednesday, Nov 20, 19 @ 11:02 pm

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