Illinois: Where Our Governors Make the License Plates
Thank You God!
Yes indeedy Blago is gone. He is outta there. And yet he continues to act as if he was "railroaded". There have been a lot of jokes but the best bumper sticker I have seen is:
Illinois: Where Our Governors Make the License Plates
The new Governor Quinn has been sworn in and if he has half a brain he will behave himself through the rest of this term. Of course if Blago had had half a brain he would have behaved too but oh well...
It will be interesting to see where the Feds go with their case.
Not that Illinois has had problem governors before. We have (I can say "we" even though I don't live there any longer - I did live there for 23 years) had more than our share: Ryan is still in jail being only 2 years into a 6 1/2 year sentence; Walker served 17 months of a 7 year sentence; Kerner served 3 years (he was in the 1960s) and Stratton was acquitted. And we won't even go into all the other politicians who have server or are serving time. Yup, Illinois has been a mess. But at least it's never dull!
But you know, there is a lot more to the state than Chicago. Unfortunately all of this sort of thing gets blamed on Chicago politics and HELLO! there is a good 9 hours drive time (at the speed limit people) south of Chicago to the tip of the state. It's a big state. Yes, many politicians come out of Chicago and many learn about politics in Chicago and yes, Chicago still has enough of the "old school" bosses up there (or those who think they are old school bosses) to produce people like Blago.
So maybe they do need to build a special Governor's Wing on the prison. Or what the heck, don't lose Jolliet after all, convert it to a politicians only joint.
Yes indeedy Blago is gone. He is outta there. And yet he continues to act as if he was "railroaded". There have been a lot of jokes but the best bumper sticker I have seen is:
Illinois: Where Our Governors Make the License Plates
The new Governor Quinn has been sworn in and if he has half a brain he will behave himself through the rest of this term. Of course if Blago had had half a brain he would have behaved too but oh well...
It will be interesting to see where the Feds go with their case.
Not that Illinois has had problem governors before. We have (I can say "we" even though I don't live there any longer - I did live there for 23 years) had more than our share: Ryan is still in jail being only 2 years into a 6 1/2 year sentence; Walker served 17 months of a 7 year sentence; Kerner served 3 years (he was in the 1960s) and Stratton was acquitted. And we won't even go into all the other politicians who have server or are serving time. Yup, Illinois has been a mess. But at least it's never dull!
But you know, there is a lot more to the state than Chicago. Unfortunately all of this sort of thing gets blamed on Chicago politics and HELLO! there is a good 9 hours drive time (at the speed limit people) south of Chicago to the tip of the state. It's a big state. Yes, many politicians come out of Chicago and many learn about politics in Chicago and yes, Chicago still has enough of the "old school" bosses up there (or those who think they are old school bosses) to produce people like Blago.
So maybe they do need to build a special Governor's Wing on the prison. Or what the heck, don't lose Jolliet after all, convert it to a politicians only joint.
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