You Are the Governor of Illinois

Due to an ASB inspired glitch, you are now governor of Illinois as long as you are not from Chicago or a politically corrupt area. You don't have to live in this state, be old enough, or even never stepped foot in this state. You could even be from Austrialla and still be governor. Over you're first days in office, you are informed that Blagojevich disappeared of the face of the earth on January 19, 2009 when you appeared on January 20. Barrack Obama fills you in on the situation of this state and everything you need to know to become governor. Everything else has pretty much stayed the same way in this world. What would you do?

I would stay in Springfield (instead of flying back and forth between Springfield and Chicago EVERY FREAKING DAY) unless my businness was needed elsewhere. I would use what money I could from the Illinois lottery to pay off our debt. I would appoint Gary Forby to the United States Senate (I sort of like that guy in appropriate ways), have Jerry Collestello replace him as Illinois senator, and have an election in Randolph County as to who should replace him as state representative (It could be David Holder or someone like that). I would also reopen the state historic sites and parks that are closed given more people jobs. I would also learn the history of bad governors and not do what they do. I would also do the reverse with good governors.

Blagojevich finds himself in an alternate world where he never existed and trys to work his way up from there. He doesn't realize that things were better without him... :eek:
 
I know nothing about Illinois politics (except for what I've seen on the news in the past month), but this is a really cool idea. I did a little research, and I would appoint Senator Kwame Raoul to fill Obama's Senate seat. He filled his state senate seat, so we might have him follow the president-elect's coattails one more time. As for a replacement for the state senate seat being vacated, I'd have to look at some lower level state politicians and see who would be a good choice.

One first major initiative would be to lean on the Senate president to get some anti-corruption legislation through that chamber (in my few minutes of research, I read that Senate leadership has been refusing to call the Senate back into session to consider major anti-ethics legislation that was passed unanimously by the lower house). Considering what Illinois has been through, I'm thinking (and hoping) I could rely on the bully pulpit and the fact that Obama himself is leaning on his old mentor to get Senate President Emil Jones to call the chamber back to pass the legislation.
 
I'd order Daley to make Chicago's skyline even bigger with more condo towers and office skyscrapers. Oh, and extend the Red Line to 159th Street.
 
I grew up in Chicago. So I'd be a perfe...

*listens to his earpeice* ...Okay. Yes Master. Your will is mine.

Sorry, Mayor Daley doesn't want me to comment on that.
 
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