tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post3949340672379057349..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: The Illinois Gubernatorial Election: We must prevent this catastrophe from ever happening again gbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-86798509075329979632014-10-24T16:11:41.681-05:002014-10-24T16:11:41.681-05:00I agree with Glen, as I do on most things. But, Vi...I agree with Glen, as I do on most things. But, Victor, I also share the concern that most public employees have of billionaire Bruce. The point I share with Glen is that no matter who wins, the next four years are going to be tough on unions, public and private sector workers and for retirees. The point I share is that there is no good choice. And the most important point I share with Glen is that we must start now to push for a working people's electoral alternative to prevent this situation from every happening again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-42842998045244925322014-10-24T11:16:16.563-05:002014-10-24T11:16:16.563-05:00Couldn’t agree more. I’ll admit I’m rather politi...Couldn’t agree more. I’ll admit I’m rather politically naïve but here are my thoughts as to why I’m very reluctantly going over to the “dark side” this year with regard to voting for Rauner over Quinn. Quinn praises educators and the educational system when it suits his purposes and lambasts us when it doesn’t. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing when it comes to supporting state employees’ benefits. <br /><br />Rauner on the other hand has been pretty consistent in his message. I don’t like his message but at least I think I know where he stands. I don’t think Rauner will be any more effective than Quinn has been against Madigan and Cullerton. Probably even less so. However, maybe Rauner winning will send chills up some lowly democrats’ spines and they may think twice about following the status quo of their illustrious leaders—Madigan and Cullerton. My greatest fear with Quinn et. al., winning is that it will further reinforce their delusional thinking that they were put on this earth to solve Illinois’ pension crisis. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210751083760560923noreply@blogger.com