Sometimes the person doing all of the hard work gets all of the criticism and none of the credit. Gov. Pat Quinn helped bring 1,200 Illinois jobs to Ford, an American car company. He has invested in infrastructure, he’s helped homeowners and has honored our veterans. Gov. Quinn has been in the trenches, and along with Sheila Simon, will continue to move Illinois forward.

Gov. Quinn’s vision is of an Illinois that grows more jobs, fosters more new businesses and becomes more attractive and competitive on the global playing field. His vision is of an Illinois where commerce flourishes and families prosper—and where hard-working men and women have the opportunity to have jobs, to be paid good wages for their labor and to advance in their careers.

Gov. Quinn believes that equal work should be rewarded with equal pay, and firmly stands against salary discrimination based on gender. Gov. Quinn has worked to double the number of charter schools in Illinois, and he has established a task force to increase academic and financial accountability at those schools. I support Pat Quinn and will be voting for him on Nov. 2, hope you will too. Illinois needs a governor with his integrity.

Alan and Linda Mullenbach
Oswego, Ill.