South Central Reporter

In some ways, former Madison County Board member Don Moore seems convinced Gov. J.B. Pritzker is the worst leader there could be in these times for Illinois.

“Leadership by edict is not leadership and is no way to run a state already in economic duress,” Moore told the South Central Reporter. “We need the governor to stick to policies that improve the economic health of Illinois, not destroy the economic health.”

Pritzker’s handling of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic is arguably at an all-time high, with more and more small business owners lamenting his latest shutdown restrictions essentially amount to a death sentence for their businesses.

With the stakes being as high as they are, Moore insists he’s not surprised to see more residents taking a stand against the governor, including McHenry County State’s attorney Patrick Kenneally, who has vowed not to enforce the ban on indoor dining the governor has now enacted across the region.

“Gov. Pritzker continues to wield his control over small business well beyond his legal executive limit of 30 days,” Moore added. “Many small business owners are no longer responding to the governor’s demands that restrict restaurants from dining in services, not because they want to ignore or be disobedient to the governor but because it’s a matter of survival. Business owners either open their doors to customers that are capable of making up their own minds to eat out at a restaurant or they risk losing their businesses.”

Moore said Pritzker now threatening to strip businesses that violate his order of state licenses is just more of the same flawed thinking.

“We all have reached the end of our rope with government intervention, government overreach and big government in general,” Moore said. “I often wonder if the governor, legislators or any state employee found themselves with significant pay cuts or being threatened with the loss of their jobs would they still be silent after extension after extension coming from the governor’s mansion or would the unions stand up for their state employees and start looking for solutions to get those pay checks flowing again.”