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Just What is Pritzker's Corona Virus Strategy?
Illinois Review ^ | April 6, 2020 | Blaine Wilhour

Posted on 04/06/2020 5:33:47 PM PDT by PBRCat

There is a movement for Andrew Cuomo to replace Joe Biden as the Democrat nominee. Governor JB Pritzker desperately wants the Cuomo status. Cuomo has received praise because he has been mostly measured and extremely transparent. Conversely, Governor Pritzker's. . . press conferences have been low information, highlighted by political outbursts deflecting all blame to the federal government.

In the midst of crisis, few if any have stopped to question the validity of the things they are being told. Our media and political culture have strongly discouraged dissent. I was asking for legitimate data from Pritzker’s administration to ensure good data-based decisions were being made, and I was ridiculed by Springfield insiders calling me an ‘unserious idiot' who was sowing seeds of doubt.

The idea that we shouldn’t question any of these moves is dangerous, irresponsible and downright scary. Maybe we are doing everything right – maybe we are not – but asking questions and making sure we are making good decisions based on real data is absolutely essential.

None of the Governors moves have had legislative input. As an elected member of the Illinois General Assembly, I have trouble getting answers to basic questions. Consequential decisions without so much of a heads-up.

On April 8th, the Governor’s 30 day-emergency powers come to an end. It is time for the Governor to bring the Legislature to the table. Our constituents deserve input on potentially opening parts of the state less affected by the virus. We want answers – real answers – on hospitalizations and other pertinent questions. We want a plan for how and when to open the economy and put Illinoisans back to work. If the data shows that we are not ready to reopen on a regional basis, fine-but it needs to actually show that.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Politics; Science
KEYWORDS: covid19; illinois; jbpritzker; politics; pritzker; shutdown
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Blaine Wilhour is a Representative in the Illinois General Assembly.
1 posted on 04/06/2020 5:33:47 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat; fieldmarshaldj; Kaslin; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; ...
>> Just What is Pritzker's Corona Virus Strategy? <<

Ummm, its quite simple. He has a three fold approach:

1. Blame Trump when things don't improve.

2. Unilaterally shut down the state and make Illinois citizens prisoners of their own homes.

3. Return to step 1.

2 posted on 04/06/2020 5:40:04 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact)
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To: PBRCat

Cuomo has received praise because he has been mostly measured and extremely transparent. Excuse me while I go puke


3 posted on 04/06/2020 5:42:24 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: PBRCat

As I traverse Ill. in the next few days, I will continue to spend not one dome in the State beyond the Crook County toll on I-80.


4 posted on 04/06/2020 5:45:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: PBRCat

As I traverse Ill. in the next few days, I will continue to spend not one dime in the State beyond the Crook County toll on I-80.


5 posted on 04/06/2020 5:46:01 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: BillyBoy
Yep, you nailed it. Fatboy Prickster is the most hated man in Illinois.

I hope he explodes.

6 posted on 04/06/2020 6:18:56 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Paladin2

Look at a map. Jump off I-80 as close as you can to Route 30. Cross over into Indiana, get back on I-80. No toll necessary.


7 posted on 04/06/2020 6:19:52 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: PBRCat

That fat-@ssed jerk-off excuse for a governor spends all kinds of time complaining that the feds aren’t sending the state enough personal protective gear; but everybody forgets that last year he shut down and essentially forced out of the state a firm that could have been sterilizing tens of thousands of pieces of medical supplies (Sterigenics of Willowbrook), a company that broke no laws and was in full compliance with both EPA and state environmental regulations.


8 posted on 04/06/2020 6:21:43 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: usconservative

I’ve done that and found that I should just cough up the ~$1.

With an EZ-pass it’s pretty painless.

Still is an annoyance but I figure not buying fuel in the state [or anything else] largely offsets the contribution to bad public behavior on the part of Ill. gooberment.


9 posted on 04/06/2020 6:26:31 PM PDT by Paladin2
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10 posted on 04/06/2020 6:29:55 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: PBRCat

Prick$ter


11 posted on 04/06/2020 6:48:47 PM PDT by Skybird (TRUMP / PENCE 2020-PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT-LEADERSHIP IN ACTION !!!)
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To: usconservative; Impy; PhilCollins; ChicagoConservative27; TheRightGuy; SERKIT
>> Yep, you nailed it. Fatboy Prickster is the most hated man in Illinois. <<

The most recent "poll" I've seen was several weeks ago (around March 12th?) and it actually showed Lard Butt was LESS popular than Trump in Illinois. Trump has a HIGHER approval rating with Illinois voters than Lard Butt.

That's really pathetic for Lard Butt when you remember Hilderbeast won Illinois in a landslide. It's amusing he thinks constantly bashing Trump will get his numbers up when you take into account that fact.

Of course, all of this was pre-Coronavirus shutdown.

I've seen zero data since then. The media is AVOIDING discussing how much people "support" Lard Boy like the plague, DURING a plague.

Very interesting!

12 posted on 04/06/2020 6:55:09 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact)
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To: PBRCat

“Corona Virus Get In My Belly!”


13 posted on 04/06/2020 6:56:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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14 posted on 04/06/2020 7:05:31 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: PBRCat

Only yesterday I noticed the striking resemblance between Pritzker and BOSS HOGG from the Dukes of Hazard. Just sayin’.


15 posted on 04/06/2020 7:07:57 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: PBRCat

The colossally corpulent Governor Pritzker also declared, as he hungrily devoured his fatted calf and buttered pork pies, that Illi-noisy-ones were simply going to have to tighten their belts, and start shopping in the leaner aisles in the store, (if they did any food shopping at all, in these hard times of significant scarcity).
16 posted on 04/06/2020 7:26:10 PM PDT by Songcraft
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Pritzker has no plan, as far as I can tell. He also extended stay-at-home until April 30th, and my husband has to go back to work tomorrow. Thankfully, people aren’t really venturing out to buy auto parts.

Really, he is unpopular. How he was even elected, I have no idea. He’s totally incompetent and opaque, so things are going to get ugly before they start to improve. I’m honestly waiting for riots.


17 posted on 04/06/2020 7:32:05 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: PBRCat

Pritzker’s plan for everything is to raise the taxes.


18 posted on 04/06/2020 7:50:46 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

He looks like a less intelligent relative of Fred Flintstone or the statue outside of the “Big Boy” hamburger restaurants.


19 posted on 04/06/2020 7:51:33 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

Elected by Chicago, because he wasn’t Rauner, and there was a (D) after his name.


20 posted on 04/06/2020 7:53:03 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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