Campaign Objectives
Our current challenge is to “Unthink our Economics” and develop a Smart Economy that guarantees every Illinois resident a better quality of life. Thus Ed and I underscore the following objectives:
Establish irreproachable Public Safety Services;
Through public initiatives, private initiatives and comprehensive tax reform, stimulate the State’s economy to foster Full Employment;
Develop and efficiently maintain our Public Infrastructure;
Enrich the Department on Aging to ensure the health and well-being of our Senior Citizens;
Provide a superior Public School Education for each and every individual child;
Program the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to train and re-train adults;
Responsibly reassign those Non-Violent Offenders who are needlessly incarcerated;
Maximize Public-Private Partnerships to eradicate homelessness, poverty and despair;
Empower Illinoisans through voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization, and by highlighting lifestyles of civic participation;
Unify Illinoisans by promoting cultural and diversity sensitivity;
Bring a swift and immediate end to Police Brutality, Police Misconduct and Racial Profiling;
Provide the so-called “handicapped” and Persons with disabilities with complete equal access and the physical and financial ability to fully utilize all public facilities;
Provide adequate housing for low-income individuals and families.
We cannot settle for temporary jobs created by funding outdated road building initiatives. We must concentrate on Permanent Jobs Creation and provide Illinois businesses the support necessary to expand and compete in the Burgeoning Global Economy.
Illinois cannot afford a long term tax increase to support the ugly spending habits of career politicians. We must put a sunset on any tax increase passed to alleviate the current fiscal crisis.
Illinois needs new leadership.
We need a clean break from the past.