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How do Chicago residents deal with every building in the city being spectacularly beautiful. How many ppl per week are struck by cars while taking pictures of everything? Every random building looks like this
If Pritzker gets this, it will create a chain reaction of promotions — Stratton becomes Gov, she appoints a high ranking Dem to replace her, so on down the line until 1 vacancy opens up on the Illinois Flag Commission. This is my last hope.
Harris' campaign has requested vetting materials from potential VPs, including Cooper (NC), Kelly (AZ), Shapiro (PA), Whitmer (MI), Walz (MN) + Pritzker (IL), according to a person familiar. Beshear told CNN he hasn't been asked to submit info at this point.
Feeling like the suburb-dwelling, downstate-traveling man I am, but spent some time on the far north side tonight and was just blown away by the reminder of how many beautiful buildings there are in every part of Chicago and how pretty the lake is at dusk. What a city!
Minnesota is lucky to have such a neat state bird. I live cardinals don’t get me wrong but they are a dime a dozen and don’t belong on a flag. These are unique concepts
Central Elementary School in Riverside.
I put an offer in on an little house in Riverside yesterday. All the real estate mavens and architecture buffs on my timeline wish me luck! 🤞
A 🧵: I will now rank the county seals of Illinois. I know it is unseemly to ask for retweets, but we need to get this info in front of IL influencers so please help 🔁. We need more Illinoisans thinking about seals ASAP!
I’ll be here putting together this 102-piece custom-built Illinois county puzzle waiting for
@GovPritzker
to knock on my door and appoint me to the Illinois Flag Commission. I will immediately comply.
Is there a word like “buttdial” that refers to when you drop your phone on the floor and it somehow takes a picture and uploads it to the state flag commission web portal?
@Bruce_Lexy11
@nantarsya
@MARYK33679014
They literally predicted it a half hour earlier. Workers weren't allowed to call off or use their phones. Amazon could've told onsite workers to hunker down and delayed the start of the next shift by an hour.
I just found out the Menswear Guy lives in Chicago.
@dieworkwear
, who is the best dressed president from Illinois? (Consider general style, not just pictures below.) Followers, pls chime in/RT to get the Menswear guy’s attention, this is urgent!
Sir, your honor, it is with great humility that I humbly offer my expertise to this noble cause. I have been serving passionately as your administrations self-appointed state symbologist since January 2022. I promise to bring passion and “the people’s voice” to your commission.
Throughout our 205-year history, Illinois has boasted two official flags. It may be high time we create a new one that exemplifies the history and values of our state.
We're establishing the Illinois Flag Commission to help explore the creation and designs of a new state flag.
These flags reference the state’s Scandinavian heritage. Illinois is much more of a melting pot—and I don’t really think in this day and age it’s warranted for a state flag to be “ethnic”—but it’s fun to think about. The 3rd flag here gives me slightly Christofascist vibes…
Gov. Pritzker only has 2 flag commission appointments left to make. To my well-connected followers: I see you, I appreciate you, I respect you… Now is the time to do what you can. I can send references, interview, whatever it takes to prove my unique qualifications & suitability
Visited Galena for the first time, and boy what a city. It feels like all the time between 1826 and now converging to a single point. It also does not feel distinctly feel Midwestern, almost like the near south with Midwestern characteristics.
Rebuilding our interurban transit system & suburban streetcar grid, regrowing giant prairies, building the Frank Lloyd Wright skyscraper, then of course the usual stuff like calendar reform, land redistribution, & giant statues. We’d have a busy few years but we’d have fun.
The North Star motif plays into the state’s motto L'Étoile du Nord, or the North Star. I like the 8-pointed “M” star. The 4th flag here is considered the front runner for MN’s new flag and was proposed awhile ago. I’d like the star to have a few more points.
Elgin was a great city to live in. Took many walks late at night and enjoyed many $1 tacos. Safe & affordable for sure, plus beautiful, fun, historical, and has a great library.
Congratulations to Elgin for being named the safest and most affordable city in the nation!
Another step toward our goal of making Illinois the best state to raise a family.
This is one of my favorite towns in Illinois. It is an easy drive from Chicago w lots of stops on the way, a stone’s throw from the Mississippi, and is quaint and lovely, straight out of a hallmark movie, without being phony.
@vanillaopinions
A common misconception but so wrong! The beauty of Shawnee Forest, the Mississippi & parts of the IL River are readily apparent to all visitors. But there are vibrant cities in Central IL & beautiful small towns & backroads all over. View from the interstate doesn’t do it justice
@EricAllixRogers
I love the central Illinois accent. This kind of crazy map shows how many dialects transect our state, which is of course the crossroads of the country
Mr. Illinois was transported across state lines to spend a few hours in Charleston, SC, one of the few U.S. cities that holds a candle to Chicago architecturally. Really just a beautiful place. Please enjoy & share my observations, compiled here in this thread. 🧵
@MattWolking
This guy Matt broke her answer into three separate quotes & removed all context between those quotes. Watching the full answer shows she is sorry for the family & thinks our immigration system should focus more on keeping people safe, less on going after children
If this were a country, it would be the greatest country on earth. The vertical supercounty at the center would contain both the winter (Vandalia) and summer (Madison) capitals, connected by extremely straight high speed rail.
@RodPelletier
@JamesMartinSJ
@NH_Hockey_12
I agree that it is good to do things responsibly, but my recollection of the New Testament is that Jesus specifically demands that we NOT be prudent & consider our finances when caring for each other.
My coworkers pranked me while I was on vacation, covering my tasteful Mr. Illinois decor with atrocious Mr. Wisconsin swag. Zoom in on 1st pic to read the sick library programs they’ve imagined.
Sometimes I wish these scrappy guys were our state bird. But there are so many good candidates. I just don’t like how many other states use the cardinal.
perhaps
@Dirca_palustris
can ID these plants here, maybe state tree and flower? Mississippi went with the flower approach on their new flag. MrIllinois has joined the Kankakee Mallow Movement to update our state flower
The IL Flag Commission is holding its first meeting today, per
@TimButlerIL
(he gave me permission to share a screenshot of this tweet from his private account). The commission will have until January to select 10 finalists for a new state flag and April to issue a final report:
Kudos to my comrade for bringing the Gospel of Illinois to the heathens & gentiles beyond our borders. To the visual cornucopia below I will add that we also have an abundance of districts, jurisdictions, & units of governments of every beautiful shape & size. Who else compares!
My reply to people entering my mentions to say Philly, Houston, Baltimore, Newark or San Fran are more impressive cities than Chicago:
Post skyline, or hush up my friends.
@davidsirota
@LeftAnchor
I don’t get it… cash the check… pass the bill… no insurance industry left to get back at you. They have the million dollars already…
All in all, MN has some really great ideas to choose from or polish up and a great pair of state symbols in the loon and the star. Really excited to see what symbols ppl associate with Illinois.
@IAStartingLine
No way this is all accidental—the Selzer poll, the app crash, the unexplained reporting delays & lack of timeline, now these errors.
#hitjob
. I know I sound crazy, but would an Iowa expert please give me a better explanation for the total breakdown?
This sculpture, The Lincoln Megalith at Champaign’s West Side Park, apparently once stood 20’ tall in downtown Champaign and boasted an eternal flame. It was apparently controversial due to both cost and race relations. Hard to find much info on it.
@ShiaKapos
@zoegalland
@PaulVallas
Is it noteworthy that all these Democrats keep endorsing the white Republican candidate over the Black progressive candidate? All the headlines are so ho-hum/nothing to see here. (Not directed at Shia in particular.)
We just learned my brother can move into Misericordia
@heartofmercy
in a few weeks. My parents have taken care of him for 27yrs; it’s a big change. Please give me food/activity recommendations for Rogers Pk/Edgewater if u got em, and a prayer for my brother if you are so inclined
@blagojevism
Sample script: “Wasn’t that rauner? Yeah it is rauner you are thinking of. He was the bad billionaire. Honest mistake, don’t let it happen again.”