An Open Letter to Illinois State Senator Bill Brady on the Topic of His Candidacy for Governor of Illinois

Dear Senator Brady,

I am a lifelong resident of central Illinois, having grown up in Washington and moving to Champaign in 2001. As a result of my location, I have been long accustomed to the different political climate that exists in the southern half of the state and the climate that exists in the Chicago area. Most notably, I have often felt that Chicago politicians are much more ruthless, while I have always felt our downstate politicians have been more honest and authentic.

I first learned about you in 2006, when you began your first campaign for governor.  I was immediately impressed by your background, your message, and your dedication to helping Illinois get out of its ongoing financial crisis through improving the business climate, reducing expenses, and increasing revenue. I am proud to say that I voted for you in the 2006 Primary election. Then you ran again in 2010, and I again voted for you in the Primary election. Then I voted for you in the General election. I have been a strong supporter, encouraging others to learn about you and your positions on the issues that are most important to me and those I spoke with.

You are an awesome individual. Everyone who has met you knows this. But when you ran for office, you ran against well-known politicians from Chicago. The voters of Chicago did not know you. Even if they didn't like your opponent, many chose to vote for the candidate they knew over the candidate they didn't. Here's the problem, Senator Brady: neither of your gubernatorial campaigns have been very successful in introducing the people of Illinois, especially the people of the greater Chicago metropolitan area, to you. I was saddened when your campaigns resorted to the type of politicking I've come to expect from Chicago: negative ads, attack ads, repeated statements about why your opponent is the wrong person for the job, but very little to convince the voters that you are the right person.

Please, Senator Brady, run a clean campaign! Let the people of Illinois meet you and get to know you! Don't waste your time, your money, and the money of your campaign contributors on negativity and talking about the other candidate. Focus on you and your message. I plan on voting for you again. I will do my best to convince friends and family across the state to do the same. But we need you to do your part.

Thank you,
~Alex T. Valencic

Comments

Gramazetta said…
I assume you wrote this letter, Alex, since Gretchen was not born in Washington.
Well written letter and your thoughts. I'm always glad to hear that there are some people trying to pay attention to our potential government leaders.
Thanks, Gramazetta
You are correct. Gretch had logged into her Google account on my computer and didn't tell me, so when I put up the post, it listed her as the author.

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