The Soap Opera

I’m not a fan of the governor of Illinois…and I’m sure not enamored by his recent soap opera.

On Monday, J.B. Pritzker was sidestepping questions about his holiday plans. Reporters wanted to know if reports his family was already in Florida waiting for him were true? We know now that Illinois’ first lady and at least one child are already in the Sunshine State.

Personally, I wouldn’t care much about where the Governor is going to feast except…he is the leader of a state that is on the record against interstate travel for Thanksgiving. He is also a resident of Chicago where the Mayor has issued a stay-at-home advisory for the next 30-days.

Asked about the mayor’s advisory, and the Governor got a case of amnesia. He said on Monday he wasn’t aware of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decree. But last Friday he lauded her for it. Must have been a rough weekend.

Let me be clear. I don’t care where J.B. gets his third serving of dressing.  Finally—after playing around with the issue--yesterday he said he would stay in Chicago with his son while the rest of the family would be elsewhere…. The Pritzker's are batting .500 on the hypocrisy scale.

Why did it take him a couple of days to realize piling on his private plane and leaving his state behind was a problem? I guess it comes part-and-parcel with privilege. He oozes it.

There will be another episode of the soap opera today.