Citizens for Jim Dodge
Recent News About Citizens for Jim Dodge
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Dodge sees November as referendum on Illinois' national standing
Jim Dodge thinks he knows why so many taxpayers across Illinois are now feeling squeezed.
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Dodge calls tax hikes 'policy of last resort'
Republican State Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge points to talk of a progressive tax system as another example of just how upside down things have now become in Springfield.
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Dodge blames taxes for declining jobs, population
Republican Illinois State Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge thinks Springfield needs a certain type of lawmaker to have any real chance of turning the state around.
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Dodge suggests combining comptroller, treasurer's offices to reduce spending
Jim Dodge traces Illinois’ spiraling property tax crisis all the way back to the days of the Great Recession.
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Dodge likes the idea of unions now having to 'compete for their value'
Jim Dodge champions the idea of workers having more freedom of choice and not being forced to pay union dues for collective bargaining purposes.
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State Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge thinks Obama Center could spur growth
Jim Dodge hopes cooler heads prevail in the bubbling controversy over tax money being used for the Barack Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s Southside.
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Jim Dodge compares CPS to Springfield, claims they both are 'too insular'
Jim Dodge thinks the Chicago Public School system now too closely resembles the general assembly in Springfield.
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If it cleans up Springfield, Dodge is OK with new law to handle harassment complaints
State treasurer candidate Jim Dodge is open to almost anything if it stands to make Springfield the place he thinks it was meant to be.
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Sexual harassment allegations or not, Dodge questions why lawmakers are entitled to hefty pensions
Jim Dodge, the Republican candidate for state treasurer, desperately wants answers from lawmakers in Springfield.
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In wake of harassment scandal, Dodge says voters need to 'decide what kind of leadership they want in Springfield'
Jim Dodge, the Republican candidate for state treasurer, can see a point in time in which the voters of Illinois have to take on the job of being the judge and jury in the growing sexual harassment scandal now engulfing Springfield.
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Dodge says new budget does not go 'far enough in terms of reforms'
Jim Dodge, the Republican candidate for state treasurer, insists that the new state budget recently signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner isn’t the one he would have put forth, even though he concedes that lawmakers deserve some credit for coming together to get something done at such a pivotal time for the state.
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Dodge sees need to address the issue of cities on brink of bankruptcy
Jim Dodge sees certain undeniable truths in Illinois’ ongoing struggles and uncertainties.
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Dodge says it's time to cut the red tape impeding state's small businesses
Jim Dodge thinks Illinois lawmakers are taking the wrong approach to the state's small business owners.
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Progressive tax not all that Democrats say it is, Dodge says
Jim Dodge argues that progressive tax legislation being backed by a growing number of Democratic lawmakers does none of the things supporters say it will.
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Everyone's tired of Madigan, except Democrats, Dodge says
Jim Dodge thinks Democrats recently re-electing House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) as chairman of the state party is just the latest example of their years of bad decision making.
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Dodge views Pritzker, Rauner campaign spending as a sign of the times
Jim Dodge considers himself a realist, prompting him to admit to himself long ago that not everyone views the ever-changing landscape of politics through the same lens as he does.
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Dodge sees reforms as way to prevent Harvey-type crises
Jim Dodge thinks all affected parties need to be part of the effort to save the state of Illinois from having to deal with more financial crises like the one now forcing the city of Harvey to lay off many of its police and firefighters.
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Dodge see Rauner's call for balance budget as the right goal
Jim Dodge fully supports Gov. Bruce Rauner’s concept about a full and balanced budget and desperately hopes lawmakers in Springfield are up to doing the work that is necessary to achieve the goal.
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Dodge asking voters to consider the big picture
Jim Dodge is hoping voters will be looking to the future when they go to the polls.
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Going after Drury is part of the Madigan way, Dodge says
Jim Dodge argues that House Speaker Mike Madigan’s treatment of Rep. Scott Drury (D-Highwood) after Drury refused to go along with everything Madigan wants also sends a message to voters.