On Feb. 2, we go to the polls to vote for the Republican nominee to be the next governor of the State of Illinois. With ex-governor George Ryan already in jail and ex-governor Rod Blagojevich indicted and impeached from office, we have to find a person of character and competence to lead our state back from a deficit estimated as high as $10 billion.
There are several career politicians, both Democrat and Republican, who want to be our next governor. But is that the answer? Electing someone who comes from the political class that has brought us the problems we already have? Illinois has the largest unfunded state pension obligations in the nation — more than $60 billion dollars.
The problems we have in Springfield have been getting worse and worse over the years, thanks to the people who control the power structure in Illinois politics and government.
There is a better way. There is a new person, totally clean and fresh. Adam Andrzejewski, 40, is married to his wife, Kerry, and they are parents of three girls.
Adam grew up in the small rural Illinois farm town of Herscher as the oldest of seven. His dad taught government and civics in public schools for 38 years, and his mom stayed home to raise the family.
After working his way through college at Northern Illinois University, Adam and his brother built a small town telephone directory publishing business from scratch, creating hundreds of jobs and $20 million in annual sales.
After selling shares of the business in 2007, Adam founded the government transparency organization named “For the Good of Illinois” that helps local units of government post their spending on public Web sites so taxpayers can locate waste and misspending and work to zero it out. More than $1 billion in government spending has been uploaded so far.
Adam is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and supports the individual’s right to gun ownership. Adam also is opposed to new taxes, preferring to cut waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars out of the budget while making government more accountable for how they spend our money.
There is much more to learn about Adam Andrzejewski at his Web site, www.adamforillinois.com, including many videos of his speeches and more than 15,000 words of public policy so you know exactly what Adam will do if we elect him governor.
Adam knows where Henry County is on the map. He has spoken in Cambridge and Woodhull and two top members of his leadership team are from our county.
We believe Adam Andrzejewski is the best choice for governor.
Jason DeSplinter, Annawan, Henry County Board, District 3
Rich Nordstrom, Galva, Henry County Board, District 2
