With elections right around the corner, Illinois Senator Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) took his campaign for state governor on the road, addressing his agenda for the future of Illinois. 

Brady spoke Monday at the Foster and Buick Law Group in Sycamore and said his highest priorities include creating a stable environment in Illinois by balancing the budget, not raising taxes, creating jobs, weeding out corruption and redirecting funds to educational institutions.

“I’ve outlined that we need to root out waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, and mismanagement at least a dime in every dollar,” Brady said. “I’ve also called for the Auditor General to complete a business audit, which will give us a full examination of where Governor Quinn has been spending money, how many people have been employed, what those people’s responsibilities are, and the outcomes of the programs that we’re involved in.”

In the past eight to 10 years, 800,000 jobs have been lost due to bad policies, Brady said.

“The average job brings within or over $4,200 in revenue to the state,” he said. “That’s over 3 billion dollars from revenue last year that those jobs cost us.”

Brady discussed his job growth platform at a job rally in Rockton Monday. If Brady gets elected he wants to re-examine the regulatory environment that has pushed many capital dollars out of Illinois and into other more “business-friendly” states.

In addition to focusing on job growth, Brady also wants to ensure financial disbursement in the education sector. “As a person who represents a university town, obviously NIU is important as a sustained part of the economic engine,” he said.