I love illinois. And i cannot stand to see what pat and Rob Blagojevich have done to our homes that are at risk. The future for the children is in jeopardy under the failed leadership of the corruption, cronyism, the patronage of job losses, the brutally high taxes, to be funded schools. We are failing as a state and i will not let it happen. We need bipartisan solutions. We need real leadership. We can make illinois the greatest state and the greatest nation in the greatest nation on earth and i can drive the process. The people of illinois are fantastic. We are the hardest working families to the most fertile farms. We have the best location. We are the heart of america. We can strive leadership that solves problems on a bipartisan basis and brings a real work ethic and integrity back to the government. Im excited to go to work for you. Moderator this is a terrific studio auditions. But get an applause to those both of our candidates. [applause] thank you governor quinn and republica
Welcome. As you all know, a campaign has a long job interview. We will be approaching this debate as an interview. We have selected a series of questions dealing with the most salient issues of our time and we will hear where the candidates stand. Is going to be that each candidate will have two minuss for a remark, two two minutes for a closing statement. All of the questions in mind section of the process were selected by me alone. We will take some questions from the students in the audience. We have ushers walking through now reading paper. We asked students write their name in the year they are here at osu. Is that willn it review those questions and bring me the top three. With that, lets start with our opening statement. Based on the coin toss, the state senator Connie Johnson will be going last. Start withord will your opening statements. Thank you. It is my honor to be here. The folks that are here in this room. It is a privilege to be here. We carry a responsibility to our st
In the past he has supported a sales tax on services. I would like you to address the cuts in kansas and revenue issue. Tax dont agree with the policies put in place in kansas. I have advocated we look at our entire tax code in illinois and reform our entire tax code to make us more competitive. We have got to grow our economy. Bycannot solve our problems raising taxes on families. We need to grow. We need a progrowth tax code. Rapidly growing states have a broad base and low rates. I believe we should keep the rates down but rod in the base. We should expand sales tax to include services that are more business oriented rather than on low income families. We need to close tax loopholes. We need to modify ontaxes should be available ability to pay. , everyday people are going to have to pay a tax on garbage pickup, or does they adopt a child. Those are on their taxes. Myople who are not opponents plan will give himself a 1 billion tax cut. It will shift the burden. That is not right. We
This is the debate. This is from the league of women voters. Moderator ofyour tonights debate between the candidates for governor of illinois. Are pat quinn of chicago, who is seeking his second term as chief executive and the businessman. Part in thet taking debate. Minimum required participation. Our candidates will be questioned by a trio of journalists. They are jamie done. We are going to start with a one minute Opening Statement from each of the candidates. Lets start with mr. Quinn. What makes you the best candidate for the job . When i took office it was a tough time for illinois. We had one in jail and another going for going to jail. The recession caused great harm to many people who lost their jobs. We had a huge deficit. I asked the people for their prayers. We are able to cut our budget and remove unnecessary spending by 5 million. We also made reforms that made our state that there. I have to suspend legislative paychecks, but we got the job done. Right now our state has
To come in here and find out how the washington fan is, i really didnt know. And then you come in, you know, you know they know their football and they are really gracious. They are saying hey, coach, this is not going to happen overnight. We believe in you. Be patient do it the right way. I was really surprised how many people said that consistently. Trying to tell me not to get down. You know, when you are used to winning, you want to win. Its tough when youre not representing, you know, your fans the way youd like to. At least your Football Team. But they hung in there. They were always positive. So i am very happy we got to the first stage anyhow. There is definitely a buzz around redskins park today. 48 hours from kickoff. Well have the extended interview sunday 3 30 on our special pregame show. We will show you what is coming up sunday on fox5. This is a complete rundown of what we have going on. Special pregame show at 3 30. The Fox Network Show at 4 00 and then kickoff between