DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.

>> TONY, THANK YOU.

TO EDDIE ARRUZA WITH ANOTHER OF

THE DECLARED CANDIDATES OF THE

GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS.

>> PHIL, AMONG THE SEVEN

CANDIDATES THAT AUNITED STATES

NOD A RUN FOR GOVERNOR, A FEW

ARE LITTLE KNOWN OUTSIDE THEIR

PROFESSIONAL CIRCLESES AND THAT

IS THE CASE WITH THE MADISON

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

BOB DAIBER.

Mr. BOB DAIBER TAUGHT HIGH

SCHOOL FOR THREE DECADES AND

SERVED ON THE BOARD OF MADISON

COUNTY LOCATED DOWN STATE ON THE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR ST.

LOUIS.

AND BOB DAIBER JOINS US TO TELL

US WHY HE WANTS WHAT MIGHT BE

THE MOST CHALLENGING JOB IN THE

ILLINOIS PUBLIC SECTOR.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I ENJOY VISITING THE CITY AND

WAS DELIGHTED TO BE ON YOUR

PROGRAM.

>> WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

YOU ARE A KNOWN QUANTITY IN THE

SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE

BUT HERE IN THE NORTHEASTERN

ILLINOIS AREA, I DO NOT THINK

YOU ARE WELL-KNOWN.

TELL OUR VIEWERS MORE ABOUT

YOURSELF.

>> WELL, I AM A LIFELONG

RESIDENT OF MADISON COUNTY.

AND DURING THE TIME THERE IN MY

ADULT LIFE I WAS A CLASSROOM

TEACHER.

I TAUGHT CAREER AND TECHNICAL

EDUCATION TO STUDENTS FOR 28

YEARS HELPING THEM DEVELOP SKILL

SETS FOR THE WORKFORCE AND LIVE

PRODUCTIVE LIVES.

THE LAST 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE,

I'VE BEEN A REGIONAL

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

I HAVE 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ABOUT

50,000 STUDENTS AND ONE OF MY

DUTIES IS I MANAGE A SAFE SCHOOL

TO DEAL WITH AT RISK YOUTH.

PROFESSIONALLY THAT IS WHAT MY

CURRENT STATUS IS.

I'M MARRIED IN MY 25TH YEAR OF

MARRIAGE AND I'M PROUD OF MY

FAMILY.

I HAVE TWO GIRL AND BOYS AATTEND

UNIVERSITY AND I HAVE A

SUPPORTIVE FAMILY WHICH ENABLES

ME TO DO THIS.

>> AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST

TIME THAT YOU'VE TRIED TO MAKE

IT TO SPRINGFIELD.

YOU HAVE RUN FOR LEGISLATOR,

THREE TIMES AND LOST.

IN 92, 94 AND 98.

WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN

MAKE IT THIS TIME TO THE HIGHEST

SEAT IN ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT?

>> WELL, I LEARNED A LOT IN

THOSE THREE RACES THAT PREPARED

ME FOR THIS CHALLENGE.

AND DEVELOPED A LOT OF POLITICAL

RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WHEN I WON IN 2002 TO THE

COUNTY BOARD A WISE MAN SAID IN

A COFFEE SHOP HE GOES ALL THE

GUYS FORGOT YOU LOST THREE

RACES.

WE DON'T LOOK AT OUR LOSSES BUT

THE SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD AND THE

NUMBER OF RACES THAT WE'VE WON.

AND I'VE BUILT A STRONG

CONTINGENCY IN MY REGION AND

WORKING TO BUILD IT STATE-WIDE.

I WAS ELECTED TO BE PRESIDENT OF

THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS IN

2010.

AND I HAVE A NETWORK STATE-WIDE

THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE ASSISTING

ME IN MY CAMPAIGN.

AND SO WE SEE A PATHWAY TO

VICTORY HERE FOR OURSELVES AS WE

CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR VOLUNTEER

BASE.

>> WHAT HAS PREPARED YOU TO

BECOME GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE,

ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME, WHEN

IT'S IN SUCH DIRE FISCAL

STRAITS?

>> WELL, IN THE TIME IN WHICH I

WAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, I ALSO

SERVED AS A VILLAGE TRUSTEE AND

SERVED AS A TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR

AND SERVED AS A COUNTY BOARD

MEMBER AND SERVED COUNTY-WIDE AS

AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND EACH OF THOSE CAP YOUTIES

YOU --

CAP I IT IS YOU LEARN ABOUT

GOVERNING.

AND GOVERNING IS AN ART AND PART

OF THAT IS TO COLLABORATE WITH

PEOPLE AND UNDERSTAND COMPROMISE

AND UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, HOW YOU

PRESENT INFORMATION TO

INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY FIND

ACCEPTABLE.

THAT, I THINK, IS A KEY THING

THAT A GOVERNOR IN A STATE HAS

TO HAVE.

ADDITIONALLY WHEN YOU ARE

INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT,

YOU BECOME THE DIGESTIVE PART OF

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT

LEGISLATION AFFECTS LOCAL

PEOPLE.

YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT

IT HAS WHEN A GOVERNOR WOULD

VETO A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT

MAY BENEFIT RESIDENTS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME WAYS IN WHICH

I'VE PREPARED MYSELF AND WHY I

BELIEVE MY PARTICULAR SKILLS

WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR THE STATE

AT THIS TIME.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO START

TACKLING THE FISCAL PROBLEMS?

>> WELL, THE FIRST THING IS

IMMEDIATELY WE HAVE TO BRING

STABILITY TO THE STATE.

WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF

REVENUE AND WE HAVE A REVENUE

PROBLEM IN THE STATE.

BUT THE $10 BILLION OF BACKLOGS

OF BILLS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE

OF.

AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT AN AVENUE

IN WHICH THESE COULD BE BONDED

OUT.

AND BOND OUT THE DEBT.

TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST

THAT TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING DAILY

IN THE STATE.

WE ARE PAYING $10 MILLION A DAY

OF INTEREST.

YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 365 DAYS IN

A YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE

ARE LITERALLY WASTING TAXPAYERS

MONEY ON INTEREST.

>> ISN'T BOND TO GO OUT KICKING

THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD?

>> IT IS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME

UNTIL YOU GENERATE ENOUGH

REVENUE AND YOU DO OTHER

EFFICIENCIES TO PAY THE DEBT

OFF.

THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE SHORT FIX

TO THIS DEBT.

BUT, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO LOOK

AT A RESTRUCTURING OUR TAX

SYSTEM.

AND LOOK AT A PROGRESSIVE INCOME

TAX WE ARE ONE OF FOUR STATES

THAT HAVE A FLAT TAX.

AND OUR TAXATION SYSTEM IS NOT

WORKING.

>> A PROGRESSIVE TAX PUTS MORE

BURDEN ON THE WEALTHIER IN THE

STATE.

BUT DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO PAY