Hold the pumpkin pie? Bill would abolish Illinois state symbols

[TexasTowelie]

Moderation in all things is an admonition one state senator believes also should be applied to state symbols.

Senate Bill 690, sponsored by freshman Sen. Tom Rooney, R-Rolling Meadows, proposes that Illinois get rid of symbols such as the state bird (cardinal), state flower (violet) and state animal (white-tailed deer), among many others.

Rooney says too many state symbols has caused the value of the "important" ones to suffer. He said his legislation would leave only the state flag, state seal, state motto and state song.

"I think that by overuse, the value of a state designation drops every time we add a new one," Rooney said. "I thought maybe, except a flag, a seal and a slogan and a state song, pretty much anything beyond that is something that's overused. Therefore, we need to push a little value back into these things."

Read more: http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170205/hold-pumpkin-pie-bill-would-abolish-illinois-state-symbols

[mindem]

1. Where do they find these idiots?

And why would you even think of something like this?

[Angry Dragon]

2. in the swamp at the bottom of the barrel

[3catwoman3]

3. Crucially important issues, to be sure.

I wonder how long it took him to come up with this BS.

[TexasTowelie]

4. I think he did this so he could be shown as an achievement

for sponsoring a bill without having to delve into whether it actually fixes a problem. It will look good on resume the next time an election is held if people that read the legis lation he is sponsoring. It's comparable to sponsoring a bill to name a post office except at the state level.

[3catwoman3]

5. I am going to hazard a guess that...

...constituents probably don't read much.