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OK, take aside the bill in question. South Dakota governors can literally veto a bill using a branding iron that's shaped like the word "VETO?" https://t.co/diNcJo0DN0
— Jason Rosenbaum (@jrosenbaum) March 10, 2023
The answer is yes…
Governor Kristi Noem is issuing her first veto of this legislative session. Noem rejected a measure yesterday that would have allowed municipalities to charge a higher tax on people staying at lodging places. The governor announced the veto with a picture of her using a branding iron to stamp her rejection onto the measure. The original House and Senate votes fell short of short the two-thirds majority that will be needed to override the veto.
It’s also been done before, although with a hot branding iron.
Gov. JB Pritzker hasn’t vetoed many bills, but let’s have some fun anyway.
* The Question: What publicity stunt veto method would you suggest for our own governor?
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:15 pm
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Spell out “veto” in giardiniera on the bill.
Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:18 pm
Go full Darrin Bailey and use a high powered “veto rifle” to shoot the bill.
Comment by Franklin Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:19 pm
Write in butter melted off the butter cow.
Comment by twowaystreet Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:21 pm
You have to use a Chicago Typewriter.
Comment by FormerParatrooper Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:22 pm
Spell out Veto in cheese sauce from a Horseshoe and glazing from a Melo-O-Cream donut.
Comment by Give Me A Break Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:22 pm
Blow VETO in toke rings?
Comment by Dotnonymous Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:24 pm
Use the bill as rolling papers for a joint.
Comment by Eric Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:26 pm
Jumping off the top rope and using his elbow on a bill as “the people’s veto”
Comment by OneMan Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:29 pm
Toilet plunger. It only works for JB, but I’d enjoy the lean-in on that particular decomposing horse that some folks continue to beat for some reason.
Comment by Anon324 Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:30 pm
I vote for the Railsplitter Veto Axe so JB can axe bad bills.
Comment by Norseman Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:32 pm
Send the bill back with a horse head, call it Veto Corleone
Comment by vern Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:39 pm
He should ask the GA to send him a shell bill and then he can AV it with something really fun.
Comment by Just Me 2 Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:41 pm
He could copy Jim Justice from West Virginia, who used animal dung to show what he thought of a budget bill.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-justice-budget-bill_n_58efc2a5e4b0bb9638e24cd7
Comment by Google Is Your Friend Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:43 pm
Get that fake Lincoln hat out of storage and put vetoed bills inside of it. Fake hat, fake laws.
Or just return to “rewrite to do right” and call it a day.
Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:46 pm
You take it on a scenic river cruise with an excursion beyond the locks…
You place it on top of the Buckingham fountain and turn on the water…
Or you take the sword from the Pump Room that was used to open champagne bottles…
Or you throw it on a grill at the Billy Goat and call out: “Veto, Veto, Veto…”
Or take it for a ride out to Saint Anne, where things never come back from.
Comment by Give Us Barabbas Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:50 pm
Go full beetle bailey and use a flamethrower to burn the bill.
Roll it up and mount it on a toilet paper roll in one of the Capitol bathrooms.
Comment by Huh? Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:51 pm
OneMan’s suggestion made me laugh out loud. Great visual.
Comment by Cubs in '16 Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:52 pm
Use the pages to wrap up an Italian Beef.
Comment by Politix Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:54 pm
Well, if Darren Bailey had run, I’d suggest spelling out the word “veto” on a comically large bill in bullet holes.
Comment by wildcat12 Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:55 pm
Take it to the range and shoot it with a Tommy Gun
Comment by Jocko Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:57 pm
Veto pen filled with Malort
Comment by Amalia Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:59 pm
Use a STamp that has VETO spelled out in the colors of a rainbow flag. And the stamp itself is a high heeled shoe from a drag queen.
During the veto ceremony, a drag queen reads the text of the bill before JB hammers it with the aforementioned veto stamp.
Comment by JS Mill Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 12:59 pm
Make the Governor dress up as Schoolhouse Rock Anthropomorphic “Bill”, then sing the I’m just a Bill song and veto the bill with Bill’s rubber stamp.
Comment by Baloneymous Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:00 pm
Corncob pen using soy-based ink.
Comment by ChicagoVinny Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:01 pm
Flush it down the toilet…
Comment by Boone's is Back Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:01 pm
Send the bill’s sponsors hot dogs covered in ketchup.
Comment by State of DenIL Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:04 pm
IF the legislation weakens ethics laws, veto it here …
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60614296/mathias-j-bauler
Comment by Anyone Remember Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:04 pm
JB dropping in from the top rope of wrestling ring. Smashing the word VETO on to the now pulverized bill.
Comment by VETO WWE STYLE Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:07 pm
Steamroller with VETO written on it.
Comment by DuPage Guy Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:07 pm
“THIS IS ILLINOIS!” and kick it down a big well.
Comment by BilboSwaggins Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:09 pm
I think vern has the mic drop.
Comment by Proud Sucker Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:12 pm
Anon324, I don’t think a plunger takes it far enough; the image isn’t blatant enough for everyone to catch the reference.
He needs to bring in the toilet removed from the house and mount a rubber stamp to the underside of the seat. He can stamp the bill with the actual toilet from the “scandal”.
Comment by SomeGuy Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:12 pm
Veto Griddy
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:12 pm
Hire the Blue Angels to sky-write “VETO” and the bill number over the Statehouse.
I mean, he has the dough.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:19 pm
Pritzker should veto bills by renting out planes to fly signs above the capitol saying that he vetoed it.
ILRep: Hey, what’s that plane doing…. Pritzker vetoed HB8675309? Aw man….
Comment by TJ Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:19 pm
He should hire Mike Bost to throw the bill into the air and punch it as it falls back down.
Just be sure to get it on video.
Comment by Socially DIstant Watcher Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:21 pm
Hire someone from Elmwood Park named Vito, and when the bill lands on Gov’s desk, Vito says “fugheddaboudit”
Comment by AlfondoGonz Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:23 pm
Have Simon Cowell read from a prepared statement, ending with… “it’s a no for me”
Veto.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:24 pm
Have a big recycling bin ready, say “I Veto,” then dump the bill into the bin. Good way to also save paper and the environment too.
Comment by Stuck in Celliniland Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:26 pm
Bill goes down on a plate. Cover it with crinkle-cut fries. Top it with Welsh rarebit sauce. Eat-o. That’s the Springfield way.
Comment by Dysfunction Junction Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:27 pm
Cover the bill in mango juice, put it between the toes of a 3-toed sloth at Brookfield Zoo (shaped like a V) and let the critter nibble it down (very slowly).
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:36 pm
create a talking Vito Marzullo doll that says the name of the bill that gets the veto.
Comment by Amalia Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:37 pm
Carve VETO in the peanut butter side of a PB and Jelly sandwich. Plop it down so the jelly spells VETO.
(JB stands for Jelly Belly, right?)
Comment by Tequila Mockingbird Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:40 pm
Attach a bunch of fishing bobbers to it, put it in the Chicago River, and have Henry Winkler jump over it on water skis while simultaneously shouting, “Aayyy, VETO.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:42 pm
Veto it at Vito & Nick’s Pizzeria at 84th and Pulaski.
Comment by West Side the Best Side Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:45 pm
JB steps up to the mike with a flamethrower, never says a word, just blasts the bill with a flamethrower and walks away.
Comment by JS Mill Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 1:54 pm
Hire a calligrapher to write “veto” in 24-caret gold ink.
Comment by Steve Rogers Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:10 pm
==Attach a bunch of fishing bobbers to it, put it in the Chicago River, and have Henry Winkler jump over it on water skis while simultaneously shouting, “Aayyy, VETO.”==
Followed by an appearance by “very special guest star” Ted McGinley.
Comment by Stuck in Celliniland Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:16 pm
Call it out on a pitch clock violation.
https://theathletic.com/4252370/2023/02/25/mlb-pitch-clock-violation/
Comment by Huh? Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:31 pm
JB sits at desk, reviews bill to be signed and slides it bill off the side of the desk into a handy recycle bin. Silently picks up next bill …
Comment by Huh? Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:34 pm
Attach the bill to a large, helium-filled VETO balloon and watch our Air Force shoot it out of the sky.
Comment by Wensicia Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:40 pm
A dead fish wrapped in a newspaper- your bill sleeps with the fishes
Comment by Morty Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:46 pm
Hey, I’m actually wondering now - when the GA sends him a bill is there a spot for approving and another for vetoing? Does the Governor check a box or something?
Comment by Just Me 2 Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:54 pm
If we had a similar question for if the Simpsons’ Springfield was a state capital, and what their governor might do with a vetoed bill, it might join Malk and shredded gym mats as part of the lunch menu at Springfield Elementary (during the school strike episode).
Comment by Stuck in Celliniland Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 2:56 pm
- Homebody -
Thanks for some insight on you. Appreciate that.
To the question,
Get the lights on one of the Chicago buildings light up “VETO” in the windows, with red fireworks coming from a barge on the Chicago River.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 3:01 pm
Dried corn on the cob, remove kernels to spell VETO in reverse, ink and roll onto the bill.
Comment by Dunwich Snorer Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 3:17 pm
Have the Marching Illini spell out the word “Veto” in formation during the half-time or pre-game show. The next formation is the bill number.
Comment by Bourbon Street Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 3:22 pm
The deep pocket veto. Where he just loses the bill deep in his pockets among his substantial bank roll
Comment by Biker Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 3:23 pm
Grabs his crotch, screaming “I got your veto right here”
Comment by Bruce( no not him) Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 3:24 pm
Vern rules but Morty is close. Great laughs here. (forbidden emoji)
Comment by froganon Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 3:42 pm
VETO Bat Signal.
Comment by Captain Obvious Friday, Mar 10, 23 @ 4:05 pm