North Cook News

Republican state House candidate Amanda Biela is serious about bringing change to Springfield.

In a new video posted on her Facebook page, Biela assure voters that she’s more than up to the challenge.

“Over the next weeks, months, I’m going to be making some crazy, informative, fun and most importantly, solution-based videos about who I am, why I’m running and what we can do to solve that big mess that we call Springfield,” Biela said in the video as a pair of supporters smash watermelons to bits with sledgehammers.

“Be forewarned, it might get a little messy,” she added.

Biela, who is running against Democratic incumbent John C. D’Amico (D-Chicago) in the 15th House District, said her motivation is simple.

“I’m running for a better future for all our children—that’s my kids, that’s yours kids,” she said in the video. “Illinois has a bloated bureaucracy that costs us millions and millions of unnecessary state dollars each year.”

Biela said part of the problem stems from career politicians like longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

“Incumbency is a direct assault on democracy,” she added in the video. “Ever heard of Mike Madigan? He’s been in office over 40 years. That’s longer than I’ve been alive. My opponent is in his seventh term. No more career politicians.”

Finally, Biela said she plans to make tax reform a major goal of hers once she arrives in Springfield.

“Illinois has some of highest property taxes in the nation,” she added in the video. “We have people losing their homes not because they can’t pay the mortgage, but because they can’t pay their taxes.

Of the state’s spiraling pension crisis, she added, “I will fight to bring a solution to our current unfunded pension system. Promises made must be promises kept. We need people willing to fight the machine.”