It wasn’t enough that the Governor’s Mansion the Illinois taxpayers so kindly provide to their governor wasn’t enough for Rod Blagojevich, and he thought every Illinoisan should be happy to pay to fly him in a private plane every day from Chicago for a few hours while he basically does nothing (or maybe sees fit to threaten lawmakers like the thug he is). Nope, that wasn’t enough, and Blago’s now at it again.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich refuses to release documents that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has ordered him to release under the Freedom of Information Act– specifically, subpoenas regarding Blagojevich’s alleged corruption. Blago doesn’t want anyone to see the documents, to such an extent that he thinks it’s OK to fleece the taxpayers to the tune of $150,000 to send to his high-powered Chicago lawyers (thereby proving that the corruption charges are the real deal).
This is outrageous. Blagojevich should be impeached, thrown in prison like the criminal he is, and of course made to pay back anything and everything he has mooched off the taxpayers. Illinois is used to criminal governors (the one who served before Blagojevich, George Ryan, is currently in federal prison on corruption charges). Ryan at least had his pension taken away from him– Blagojevich should get the same treatment.
Blagojevich is a shining example of an unfortunate phenomenon in Illinois politics… a corrupt politician kept in office and even re-elected due to his Democratic ties in Chicago.
(As one example of how disliked Blagojevich is in Illinois, even among his own Democratic legislature, this is what State Senator Mike Jacobs (a Democrat) said after a meeting with Blagojevich, where Jacobs said that Blago threatened him: “If this governor would have been in East Moline, Illinois at one of my local taverns, I would have kicked his tail end.”)
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