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* Gov. JB Pritzker and unsuccessful 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin at a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday…

The original pic is here.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 1:58 pm

Comments

  1. Burying the wreckage of the ruiner years.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:02 pm

  2. OSHA violations too numerous to count.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:03 pm

  3. What? No gold shovel and new white hard hats?

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:05 pm

  4. The GOP had a funeral?

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:05 pm

  5. Burying Darren Bailey’s political career

    Comment by Anon Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:06 pm

  6. Pritzker: Hear anything out of Ken Griffin lately?

    Irvin: Oh, you’re a funny man. Fun-ny.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:09 pm

  7. Hope they have union cards - scabby don’t like

    Comment by Donnie Elgin Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:10 pm

  8. “I would have buried you in a general, JB.”

    Comment by Anon Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:13 pm

  9. Now you’re absolutely SURE Jimmy Hoffa isn’t under here, right?

    Comment by Ink-Stained Wretch Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:21 pm

  10. “Alright Richard, I got the first and second scoops, you got third.”

    Comment by Excitable Boy Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:32 pm

  11. Irvin: “See, I’m closer to the governorship than Bailey will ever get.”

    Comment by don the legend Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:32 pm

  12. Irvin gets even.
    Feigns shoveling after telling Pritzker he dropped the limo keys in the dirt pile.

    Comment by DEE Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:36 pm

  13. R: Fer reals? The money you spent against me is in a chest in this dirt?
    JB: You better start digging faster. If I get it first, you’ll be a loser …. again.

    Comment by Lurker Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:44 pm

  14. Irving: So, do you think the next go around you can fund my primary campaign, instead of Bailey?

    Comment by twowaystreet Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 2:45 pm

  15. Ribbon cuttings make for strange bedfellows

    Comment by This Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:01 pm

  16. We therefore commit this Illinois Republican Party to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust…

    Comment by hisgirlfriday Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:04 pm

  17. Thinking of this Peter Gabriel gem:
    Digging in the dirt
    Stay with me, I need support
    I’m digging in the dirt
    To find the places I got hurt
    Open up the places I got hurt

    Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:12 pm

  18. Pritzker really knows how to sling dirt.

    Comment by TheSouthern Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:20 pm

  19. JB - I asked if I could pretend drive that big machine behind us, but was told being governor wasn’t good enough to even get near the seat.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:22 pm

  20. Who the (heck) cares? I’ll dig the (effing) hole. I don’t give a (darn). What is it, the first hole I dug? Not the first time I dug a hole. I’ll dig the (effing) hole. Where are the shovels?

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:35 pm

  21. JB- “Hey there little buddy, how ya doin?”

    Comment by JS Mill Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 3:38 pm

  22. “Gov J.B. Pritzker throws a shovelful of dirt onto the latest attempt to get taxpayer-funded sports stadiums, as Aurora Mayor Irvin’s shovelful didn’t quite make it, like his campaign for Governor.”

    Comment by thisjustinagain Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 4:04 pm

  23. Here lies Bruce Rauner’s political career.

    Comment by Not nostalgic Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 4:41 pm

  24. Hey, what do you like, the leg or the wing, Richie?

    Comment by Henry Francis Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 5:44 pm

  25. “Hey Richard, we’re going to name the access road in your honor. How does “Third Street” sound?”

    Comment by Excitable Boy Thursday, Oct 3, 24 @ 7:04 pm

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