May 2009
Since last year's election and former Governor Rod Blagojevich's arrest and indictment, Illinois Democrats have promised us that they would start getting serious about ethics reform in state government. Yet, with the end of the spring legislative session now in sight, nothing has been done to clean up state politics. Sadly, we may have been asking too much to expect the same people who supported and endorsed Rod Blagojevich to now reform the same corrupt system that they participated in for over six years.

With Illinois in the middle of a recession and facing a 12 billion dollar budget deficit, the only solution that Illinois Democrats want to offer is to raise our income taxes while they raise their own salaries.

If we really want to get serious about reforming Illinois politics and bringing jobs back to Illinois, we need to get rid of Blagojevich Democrats like Kathy Ryg, and replace them with legislators who believe in smaller, honest government and pro-growth policies that will bring businesses and jobs back to Illinois.