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| Rauner as 'Gov. Gridlock'... |
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday how Adam Collins has coined the new nickname for the governor, in response to Rauner saying he will veto a measure the Illinois Legislature approved to try to salvage two city worker pension programs.
NOT
THAT RAUNER’S reaction ought to be surprising. He’s willing to play politics
with the measure desired by many city officials who see the need for state assistance
with regards to the pension issue.
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| ... falls behind Jim Edgar's 'Gov. No' |
Then again, coming up with that kind of nickname surely shows the willingness of Chicago Dems to take on some partisanship of their own.
It
reminds me of the days of old some two decades ago, back when the idea of city
and state officials feuding meant Richard M. Daley taking on Jim Edgar – who got
the nickname “Gov. No.” In response to the notion that Edgar’s automatic reaction
to anything desired by the city was “No.”
Although
it also brought up the James Bond-ian image of Dr. No – the evil villain who
plotted to undermine the Project Mercury program into space, only to be saved
by British agent 007 himself.
NOT
THAT I ever thought of Edgar as being reminiscent of the evil villain portrayed
by actor Joseph Wiseman. Or Daley as anyway like a British intelligence agent –
unless you mean like in an Austin Powers-type world of ridiculous parody.
But
it did have a punchiness to the nickname; a certain ring to it.
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| Rauner's nickname doesn't bring to mind cinematic images |
To where I must confess that my first reaction to learning that Rauner now had a nickname was to compare it to that of Edgar – whom I suspect would resent being compared to Rauner on every level.
Because
Edgar was a lifelong state government person to whom getting a chance to put
together the state budget was the whole point of the job – and not just an
excuse to play political games.
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