Who Is Pat Quinn?
The Sun-Times ran a profile of Quinn today that tossed around the following words and phrases to describe him: • “demagoguery” • “mellowed” • “a whirlwind of energy” • “organizational style is eccentric” Hmmm. Lucky for us, it wasn’t that long ago that our own Kevin Robinson had the chance to talk with Lt. Gov. Quinn. Among the nuggets we discovered was how he got his start in Illinois politics:Passing petitions. I came back from college, and I believe in grassroots democracy, and there was a campaign for governor, and the first thing I did was I passed petitions to get the candidate on the ballot his support of allowing voters to put propositions on the ballot: So yes, unequivocally I support initiative. I’m the biggest supporter of direct democracy in Illinois. I think the voters are for it, but a lot of elected officials in the legislature I think unfortunately haven’t embraced it. and taxes: The biggest problem with Illinois right now is that it has a regressive tax code. One of th
