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* A few excerpts…

Keep it local, keep it polite. Thanks much.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 2:53 am

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1. “After months of speculation, the Governor has named his new Task Force Czar to lead the Blue Ribbon Panel that was formed to advise the Legislative Statutory Task Force Review Commission that is considering…”

   – MrJM

   Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 5:47 am

2. The Committee on Redundancy Committee will need to look into this as well as examine it closely, producing a White Paper.

   Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 6:24 am

3. The commission to end task forces has been referred to the Rules Committee Working Group. It’s a new day.

   Comment by Referred Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 7:22 am

4. Senate President Harmon has assigned the task force elimination task force bill to every senate committee because it would impact them individually.

   Comment by Ok Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 7:47 am

5. How about a certificate of certification?

   Comment by Dog Lover Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 7:52 am

6. Wait! Before anybody meets, they need to have a pre-meeting meeting.

   Comment by Pius Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:02 am

7. A Blue Ribbon Commission has been created in order to produce a white paper study on reasons why Pabst Blue Ribbon is no longer made in Peoria.

   Comment by Essential State Employee Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:02 am

8. State Gov Admin Committee subject matter hearing first.

   Comment by walker Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:09 am

9. Shouldn’t an effort like this start out with a fact-finding mission? I believe Honolulu and Macau have both undertaken similar efforts. It bears investigation.

   Comment by Dysfunction Junction Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:12 am

10. But we will have to sit through the Republican’s in the House and Senate complaining any task force doesn’t have equal representation. That is reason enough not to have another task fore.

    Comment by Nagidam Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:24 am

11. I request that a Blue Ribbon Task Force produce a working group to investigate the difference between a Committee and a Commission.

    Comment by Essential State Employee Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:27 am

12. ==State Gov Admin Committee subject matter hearing first.==

    Whoa, hold your horses. Needs a subcommittee hearing first.

    Comment by charles in charge Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:34 am

13. I’m not a bar goer, but I wonder if back in the day, either Boones or other popular Statehouse-area bars among politicos ever had a sale on buckets of Pabst. And called it the “Pabst Blue Ribbon Commission.”

    Comment by Essential State Employee Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:38 am

14. So now I’ve gotta worry about ice dams and my roof caving in? Yeesh. On the other hand, it’s nice to have something other than Covid to worry about.

    Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:39 am

15. ==Needs a subcommittee hearing first.==

    Motion to table the formation of the subcommittee pending results of the fact-finding mission. Second?

    Comment by Dysfunction Junction Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:41 am

16. First we will need a meeting of the Bobs with the grease board heading “Planning to Plan”.

    Comment by don the legend Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 8:54 am

17. What? No focus groups?

    Comment by Captain Who? Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:01 am

18. I can’t find the number, but did anyone see that House Resolution to implement a 3% increase in the number of task forces compounded annually? I think Hannah has a chart up on Twitter showing it would actually slow the increase in task forces over a ten year period?

    Comment by Earnest Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:15 am

19. “House Resolution to implement a 3% increase in the number of task forces” That was years ago. They phased that out with Tier 2.

    Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:22 am

20. Oak Park has a “Citizen Involvement Commission,” which “was established in order to foster citizen participation in the various boards, commissions, and committees of the Village of Oak Park.”

    It’s literally a commission on commissions.

    Comment by Tear One Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:24 am

21. In my company after an internal problem has surfaced of sufficient magnitude to cause financial loss or a PR disaster we call a meeting and name it a post-mortem. Nobody looks forward to those but they usually get results.

    Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:32 am

22. I think we now need to form a Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee to study why WTTW just fired Hugo Balta as news director:

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-wttw-hugo-balta-chicago-tonight-20210217-tkd6iat7ubbzflgoxpbhdr7oby-story.html

    Comment by Essential State Employee Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:35 am

23. =why WTTW just fired Hugo Balta as news director:=

    Perhaps they want a news director who doesn’t view objectivity as an “antiquated practice”?

    Comment by JoanP Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:49 am

24. “I smell the need for a conference committee!”

    And at minimum, three subcommittees.

    Comment by Ducky LaMoore Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 9:51 am

25. Didnt JB talk about doing this pre-covid?

    https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=21157

    Comment by Should be working Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 10:07 am

26. But, isn’t Task Force like Space Force?

    Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 10:08 am

27. What is happening with the WIU QC campus? The President sent a letter to Gov. Pritzker asking to be included in discussions of the “transfer” to another university.

    Comment by Grimlock Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 10:28 am

28. You people are overachieving before it is needed. I have not seen the poll results showing if any of these committees or subcommittee are warranted and I am not willing to proceed without the polls first.

    Comment by Lurker Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 10:45 am

29. “It’s literally a commission on commissions.” - Tear one

    This needs studied.

    Comment by Dotnonymous Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 11:33 am

30. Sad news out of #BloNo–Former Mayor Judy Markowitz, the first woman and the first person of the Jewish faith to serve as Bloomington mayor, died Monday. She was 82.It was revealed in the last couple of years that she was suffering from dementia, probably Alzheimer’s Disease. She was a remarkable woman.

    Here is the link to the Pantagraph’s article about Judy:
    https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-remembering-judy-markowitz-a-bloomington-community-icon-and-mayor-who-died-this-week/article_951aeda1-c29e-5a93-a30d-4293188dc4c1.html#tracking-source=home-trending

    Comment by Nearly Normal Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 11:38 am

31. I believe that before we establish a blue-ribbon panel, to appoint a committee, to authorize a task force, to create a bi-partisan board, which will then consider the formation of a citizen’s committee to review the working group’s status thus far, that we need to consider holding a non-binding referendum on the need to form the necessary commission to establish the blue-ribbon panel. Having said that, I also believe that the Governor should appoint a Deputy Governor with the sole task of coordinating the various bodies to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness in establishing the need for further study of this issue.

    Comment by thisjustinagain Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 12:17 pm

32. =which will then consider the formation of a citizen’s committee to review the working group’s status thus far, that we need to consider holding a non-binding referendum on the need to form the necessary commission to establish the blue-ribbon panel.=

    All of which will be overseen by Pat Quinn.

    Comment by Essential State Employee Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 12:21 pm

33. Where oh where is Squeezy right when we need him.

    Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Feb 17, 21 @ 1:34 pm

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