tom johnson. [ applause ] >> to my direct right is james nowlan. jim was a senior aid to three governors. he is president of stark county communication and they publish community newspapers in central illinois. he is vice chair of the illinois ethics commission that oversees the ethics and ethics training of 120,000 state of illinois employees. he was elected to the house of represent in 1968 at the age of 26. four years later, then governor richard ogle tapped jim to be his running mate as the republican candidate for lieutenant governor. welcome, please, jim nolan. [ applause ] >> now, i read this book and encourage you to do so if you care about the future of illinois. given what these gentlemen do in the book, it is series of recommendations or basically just conversation points. i had tom and jim on my radio show on wgn earlier today called the sunday spin and one of the questions i had was given all of the problems in the state of illinois, their recommendations only total 98. you couldn't get to 100? and by the end of the show we did get to

tom johnson. [ applause ] >> to my direct right is james nowlan. jim was a senior aid to three governors. he is president of stark county communication and they publish community newspapers in central illinois. he is vice chair of the illinois ethics commission that oversees the ethics and ethics training of 120,000 state of illinois employees. he was elected to the house of represent in 1968 at the age of 26. four years later, then governor richard ogle tapped jim to be his running mate as the republican candidate for lieutenant governor. welcome, please, jim nolan. [ applause ] >> now, i read this book and encourage you to do so if you care about the future of illinois. given what these gentlemen do in the book, it is series of recommendations or basically just conversation points. i had tom and jim on my radio show on wgn earlier today called the sunday spin and one of the questions i had was given all of the problems in the state of illinois, their recommendations only total 98. you couldn't get to 100? and by the end of the show we did get to

tom johnson. [ applause ] >> to my direct right is james nowlan.im was a senior aid to three governors. he is president of stark county communication and they publish community newspapers in central illinois. he is vice chair of the illinois ethics commission that oversees the ethics and ethics training of 120,000 state of illinois employees. he was elected to the house of represent in 1968 at the age of 26. four years later, then governor richard ogle tapped jim to be his running mate as the republican candidate for lieutenant governor. welcome, please, jim nolan. [ applause ] >> now, i read this book and encourage you to do so if you care about the future of illinois. given what these gentlemen do in the book, it is series of recommendations or basically just conversation points. i had tom and jim on my radio show on wgn earlier today called the sunday spin and one of the questions i had was given all of the problems in the state of illinois, their recommendations only total 98. you couldn't get to 100? and by the end of the show we did get to 10