New Laws....No Clue

The old adage was, “Those that can do---those that can’t teach.”

Not real popular for a guy who taught for almost 20 years. I prefer this variation---“Those who can, do….those who can’t work in the Illinois Legislature.”

There are over 200 new laws in Illinois thanks in part to the folks who make up the General Assembly and the outgoing Governor….and some of them will make you scratch your head and say out loud…..”Huh?”

Starting in January, judges are compelled to consider the well being of a divorced couple’s pets. In other words, pets will have to be handled like kids with a determination on joint or sole custody. That means I’d have to file to see the basset hounds on the weekends…..This is a win for lawyers.

In the---I just don’t understand this—category….A new law makes it possible for transgender and intersex individuals to actually change their birth certificates  without undergoing gender reassignment surgery. So, I don’t understand…Is there a third choice as a gender designation? We are clearly born one way or the other…and unless there’s work done….we stay that way. Right?

But here’s the new law that takes the cake. Illinois has taken a stand against Pachyderms.  Yes, we now limit elephants in the state. Not that we are going to find one wandering north of Pond Creek----but we will not permit elephants into the state in circuses or other traveling exhibits. It’s the large mammal equivalent to Trumps wall.

All these laws were actually debated in Springfield. They come into being while the state has a net long-term deficit of $142-billion dollars…..

We need only one item on the General Assembly’s agenda in 2019.  

Debt reduction. 

That should keep ‘em busy for a while.