Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis
James D. "Jim" Oberweisis an American businessman, investment manager and politician from the state of Illinois. The owner of Oberweis Dairy, in North Aurora near Chicago, he is currently a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 25th district since January 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 June 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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During my time we've had four former governor's either serve time or be indicted.
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Your record is, you didn't vote against those increases.
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She's spontaneous. I think that's a great attribute when you're treasurer, maybe not quite so good when you're running for governor.
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She just wants to stand there and say 'I'm the frontrunner, elect me.' That isn't going to work in this state. The voters of Illinois are too smart for that.
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Money may be one of the challenges that she will have. I don't think that will be my biggest challenge.
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One of my fields of experience is with pension funds. And what this governor has done is dangerous, and I will immediately take steps to undo this.
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We were telling people that illegal immigration is a very serious problem.
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We need to bring our costs back under control. It needs to stop.
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I think you have to be a niche player. You've got to find smaller ideas that are going to benefit in the conditions as they are. You can change the conditions and always try to find ways to make money in the conditions as they exist.
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Here in this state, we've had four former governors during my lifetime who've either been indicted or served time -- two Republicans and two Democrats. And I think Mr. Blagojevich is out to break the tie, by the way.
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There is a great deal of difference between myself and Judy.
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I believe that kind of stuff has to end.
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I have been accused by the press of being too direct, too blatant, too clear in my initiatives for the last four years. The fact of the matter is this is something I believe in.
I'm pretty concerned, it doesn't look real good.