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* Please keep it Illinois-centric. Thanks.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 8:32 am

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It doesn’t get any more Illinois-centric than Chester, Illinois, which is the geographic center of Illinois.

Comment by Occasional Quipper Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 8:37 am
Flipping through the SIU Alum magazine this week and was reminded that Bob Odenkirk is class of ‘84.

Saul Goodman went to SIU.

I love that.

Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 8:40 am
Saw a Schimpf ad.. thought I was dreaming but then I saw it again.

Comment by Ty Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 8:47 am
In the 75th district State Rep
Welter in under intense heat as conservatives are pulling out the early vote for his opponent Jed Davis. Welter who once was considered a rising star in the GOP appears to be fading fast.

Comment by Serpico Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 8:48 am
SIU Baseball got snubbed from the NCAA baseball tournament.

Comment by Needs Deleted Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:00 am
Got a call this morning from TRowePrice saying the State of Illinois is moving its deferred comp program from there to someplace called Empower. Apparently, this is true, but I had received no communication from the state about this and so was pretty taken aback by the caller seeking personal financial information.

Comment by up2now Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:07 am
“A pothole will cost the city of Chicago $600,000, after a man badly hurt in a fall while riding a scooter agreed to settle his lawsuit against the city.” On my block alone, I can get rick quick. I don’t assume the potholes will be filled any time soon.

Comment by Jose Abreu's Next Homer Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:08 am
Flyin’ Elvis’-Utah Chapter,

Odenkirk gave a remote SIU graduation speech a couple years ago. “I’m a Saluki, you fool. I’m a Saluki, and I will destroy you.”

You can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTDoBlUIt4I

His speech is 5 min.
From roughly 3:30 to 8:35.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:14 am
I had been out canvassing this weekend as the primary is less than a month to go, Although crime is the number one issue, gun control, or lack of, is on everyone’s mind. Male or female in every racial category. It is now or never.

Comment by City remap Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:15 am
Up2now - I got an email about this move on 5/23 that went to all employees @illinois.gov from State of Illinois communications. Have not been contacted by T Rowe Price, and I doubt they would call. Sounds like a scammer.

Comment by Captain Obvious Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:16 am
== It doesn’t get any more Illinois-centric than Chester, Illinois, which is the geographic center of Illinois.==

Um, did Wimpy trade you the map you’re looking at in exchange for a burger? You might want to check it again, and ask Popeye for some assistance talking to Wimpy.

Comment by fs Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:29 am
Spouse and I went to the War Museum in Pontiac yesterday. It’s a great place. I highly recommend it. While in Pontiac, we stopped at Wally’s and saw Darren Bailey. Like us, he was simply paying for his purchases and left.

Hope your Monday on a Tuesday is good.

Comment by Dog Lover Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:38 am
Saw a lot of You Tube ads for Rodney Davis over the weekend. Seems Rodney loves him some automatic weapons and likes to have videos of him shooting automatic weapons posted on line. That and he says he will stop illegals from voting in our elections. Not sure what planet Rodney is on these days.

Comment by Give Me A Break Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 9:42 am
==Got a call this morning from TRowePrice saying the State of Illinois is moving its deferred comp program from there to someplace called Empower. Apparently, this is true, but I had received no communication from the state about this and so was pretty taken aback by the caller seeking personal financial information.==

That’s the first I have heard about this either, and nothing on CMS deferred comp page about this change. But your call sounds like a scam if the caller wants personal info. I probably would have heard something already if the move from T Rowe Price to Empower was indeed happening, but I have not.

Speaking of retirement, SERS website has a banner headline saying that some of their members have gotten scam calls offering retirement counseling, which the agency says are not true and the callers are not affiliated with SERS.

Comment by NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:17 am
If Sneed’s Saturday report is true, Quinn may be joined by his one-time running mate Paul Vallas in the mayoral race:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2022/5/28/23143228/michael-sneed-paul-vallas-lori-lightfoot-mayor-race-election-police-runoff

Comment by NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:21 am
=Like us, he was simply paying for his purchases and left.=

Do you pay with government subsidy money too?

asking for a friend.

Comment by JS Mill Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:25 am
Out for a walk Monday here in beautiful DuPage County, I saw my first Bailey yard sign. That plus the one Rabine sign makes a total of two signs for the upcoming primary.

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:25 am
===While in Pontiac, we stopped at Wally’s and saw===

I stopped at Wally’s yesterday and for the first time I didn’t run into anyone I knew. Weird.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:26 am
== I got an email about this move on 5/23 that went to all employees @illinois.gov from State of Illinois communications==

Looks like only the Governor’s code agency employees got this scam email. I did not receive this on my work email (I work for another constitutional).

Comment by NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:28 am
thank the sports gods that the weekend with the TRicketts team is over, the year with them is over.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 10:31 am
RE: Deferred Comp
https://www.empower.com/client/illinois/
The URL was in an email from StateOfIllinois.Communications to All.Employees@Illinois.gov timestamped 8:35am on 5/23.

Comment by Skeptic Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 11:14 am
===the year with them is over===

And just my luck, I went to the only game the Flubs won.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 11:58 am
=And just my luck, I went to the only game the Flubs won.=

but you were there (exclamation point) lucky, and dedicated fan.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 12:16 pm
RE: RE: Deferred Comp
I got paper in the US mail today about this very topic.

Comment by Skeptic Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 2:47 pm
Chester kinda sounds like Chestnut…which is the actual geographic center of our beautiful State.

I had a little cabin on the creek there…long ago…Smallmouth bass galore.

Comment by Dotnonymous Tuesday, May 31, 22 @ 3:43 pm

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