<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp5c5d322byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks, Phil,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As governor, he's had an <i><b>extremely </b></i>tough situation taking on IL's budget. The legislators there have been kicking the financial can down the road since the 1970's; offering state employees and teachers higher pensions as compensation for poor salaries, yet not funding the pension accounts. It's been a travesty, and he's had to take it on.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I really admire his ability to wade into an utter quagmire and absorb the political shots needed to turn it around.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Given the state our federal government will be in when rational leadership returns, we could do far worse than him as president.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mike</div><div class="ydp5c5d322bsignature"><p>Nehru to Gandhi, on his deathbed: <em>"Mahatma, in your lifetime, you have turned the world utterly upside down. How must that feel??"</em> </p>
<p>Gandhi: <em>"Yes, I turned the world upside down. I stood on my head."</em></p></div></div>
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On Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:25:11 AM CDT, philip smith via Lekooks <lekooks@lekook.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160gmail_default">Heather Cox Richardson (awesome historian...) post today repeated Illinois Governor Pritzker's speech on our current state of affairs. I found it inspirational- hope it resonates onward..............</div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160gmail_default"><span style="font-size:small;">The link:</span></div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160gmail_default"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-28-2025?r=dprhh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-28-2025?r=dprhh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</a></span></div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160gmail_default">Phil</div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="ydp3efc4476yiv6667546160gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Phil Smith (he/him)<div>W318 S4121 Highview Rd</div><div>Waukesha, Wi. 53189</div><div>262/ 719-1542</div></div></div></div>
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