Someone at work voiced displeasure at the two main choices for IL-GOV.
He asked if anybody wanted his vote?
I told him to write-in me, and I emailed him the below during lunch:
Campaign Platform:
Make "Voting Day" a state holiday, close the banks, close the schools, mandate all organizations with Illinois work tax IDs to close for the day. This will elevate the importance of the day every year (not just every four)
"Ignorance Tax" applicable to every person of voting age. Tax waived with submittal of voting receipt with prompt return of taxes (not only a money maker, but will also result in exponentially larger voter turnout like above point)
Hire more teachers and institute school uniforms state wide.
Outlaw "double-naming" of streets. All streets will have ONE NAME. None of this Lake/Euclid or Palatine/Willow.
Re-order Area Codes for phones. All pagers will have their own area code, as will cell phones. A land line to land line phone call across the street will return to a seven digit exercise.
For all future Governor Races an automatic "none of the above" will be added to the ballot. If "none of the above" receives more votes a run-off election will take place a month later with all candidates that includes candidates that campaigned in the primaries (with a month ban on ALL television advertising)
DESTORY THE SKYWAY, and sell for scrap metal. It's always under construction, it's always congested, it's way too expensive to drive on it. Use the money from the scrap metal to add extra lanes on the many other roads into Indiana.
Build 3 foot high fence along Wisconsin / Illinois stateline. Will be effective because thousands of Wisconsinites will just rub the back of their neck and say, "Yah Hey Dare's a fence over'dare?" and will be paralyzed in befuddlement.
By force, overtake cities of Davenport and Moline. We will no longer share the economic force of the quad cities with a four letter state! And if anybody doesn't think this is possible, don't forget the armory in Rock Island.
Ban all riverboat/casino gambling with the exception of the new "ill-quad". The Quad Cities will be the Mecca of the Missisip and soon take over Atlantic City as the nation's 2nd largest gaming revenue center.
LONG TERM GOAL:
Woo back the Football Cardinals back to Chicago. Build an Elk Grove stadium to house both Bears and Cardinals. Reverse all ..renovations.. to Soldier Field and make it an outdoor music/festival complex. Reassign Landmark Status.
