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Jake — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:14:02 -0000

While I don't agree that the electorate deserves much of the blame for this, I do appreciate that Jim Edgar stays involved in the state. He has been one of the very few bright spots in Illinois government.

I suspect that he had to play the game to win the game, but once he got on top the things he did for this state were significant - balanced budgets, pension funding, reasonably restraining the legislature's knee-jerk reaction to issues, etc.

He's one of the only talking heads in Illinois politics that I seriously listen to...

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Anon — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:55:01 -0000

I seem to remember Mr. Ethics Edgar having state troopers mow his lawn.

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T.J. — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:43:43 -0000

Jim Edgar needs to understand it's not always about him, hard as it is to believe.

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Ghost — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:56:16 -0000

it was the best of times it was the worst of times.

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Randall Sherman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:23:57 -0000

Just a point of information; the majority of what was Rod Blagojevich's State Representative District is in John Fritchey's 11th District (Fritchey replaced Blago in the Illinois House), not Deborah Mell's 40th District.

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Ahem...The REAL Anonymous — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:21:38 -0000

Yes, there's probably some truth in that. And that's why others sometimes have to step in to correct or balance a bad situation. Quite a few pols from both sides were trying, but eventually the Feds had to come in.

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Illinois.Pundit — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:40:32 -0000

The problem with the Governor's staff is that if you reported to him and ever disagreed with him, you no longer had a job. Therefore, over time the staff evolved into a bunch of lemmings who were afraid to not do as directed by the Governor.

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2ConfusedCrew — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:40:23 -0000

Let's thank Professor Grimm, finally the media has turned to an academic who cn can shed some light rather than the political experts who have not worked a campaign, written a check or knocked on a door.
Let's also remember Jim "Hey I need a new laptop and Best Buy wants cash" Edgar quit rather than discuss the under reported MSI scandale in his reelection. He didn't go in '06 for the same reason. Meanwhile he hauls down beau coup bucks from taxpayers of U of I.
P. still waiting to learn the whereabouts of Slick Willie on Tuesday. My Garmin has him on Dearborn Street.

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Arthur Andersen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:39:17 -0000

Warning to bloggers-don't read Pat Gauen's whiny little piece on a full stomach. It's a gagger.

He thinks the G and The Defendant are equally "audicious."

He thought the 76-pager was too much information, more or less. I thought it looked like someone worked his tail off pulling together the work of many more people in order to present a compelling, airtight case for a warrant for the arrest and detention of a sitting Governor.

AA thinks Gauen has gone native after all those years of covering St. Clair and Madison Counties.

For the poster who suggested that Larry Trent stand down and refuse to take orders from Blago or his staff, go over to Ispeeved and float that boat. See what his troops think. FWIW, a member of the State Police Merit Board earned a "letter" in the Fed complaint.

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Ahem...The REAL Anonymous — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:31:33 -0000

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There are some very good people in those ranks and they should intimidate the others to do the right thing.
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OK, Anonymous. You go first--try to intimidate them and let the rest of us know how it goes. I'm sure they're all where they are because they're the most docile of creatures.

BTW: Good for Dan. You go, boy!

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Maggie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:51:28 -0000

P - Name one ? OK John Harris. Just go the Rich's post "Decoding the criminal complaint". All those
people worked for Rod. Many, many more will be exposed once the indictment is out.
Everyone knew what was happening. They just chose to look the other way.

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Suburban Republican — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:48:44 -0000

Only Steve Carrell could do Rod Blagojevich justice.

But this whole thing is so much more like a Sopranos episode... the arrogance, the corruption, the vulgarities from both husband and wife, the jogging suit to court.... Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi as Lisa Madigan.....

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Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:34:18 -0000

For those criticizing his staff. Name one and what your beef is.

Don't make baseless accusations because you can get away with it anonymously on a blog.

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Maggie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:25:47 -0000

Rod's staff are all a bunch of losers. He has surrounded himself with the most obnoxious sycophants possible. No one with an ounce of self-respect would be working for this self-centered whack job.

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Anon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:02:21 -0000

A lot of the Governor's staff do not know what their boss was doing...leave them alone...there are a lot of people who work for sleazes and don't know it...

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Six Degrees of Separation — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:52:59 -0000

As for casting for the Rod Blagojevich story, I think Brad Pitt in a wig is right.

If Pitt's eyes could be moved 2 inches closer to each other.

Milt Sees at IDOT seems to be a pretty good guy

He was recently rumored to be a candidate for head of the Federal Highway Administration under Obama. Of course, that was before this "stuff" hit the fan.

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Little Egypt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:51:09 -0000

From the sidelines: I agree with you 100 percent. There needs to be a HUGE Boston Tea Party going on with the State of Illinois employees, especially those at the top.

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Little Egypt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:48:53 -0000

Regarding Jim Edgar - I wish I had sympathy for Edgar. He turned his back on this State in 2006. Deal with your guilty conscience.

Regading Dick Mell - I have pretty much the same sentiment for Dick. He raised Patti so he shouldn't be surprised at her involvement. I suspect he can't miss the kids too much because he's probably never had much of a relationship with them.

Lots of wah, wah, wah going on here.

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IDOT Guy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:36:46 -0000

As far as agency directors, some may be hacks, Milt Sees at IDOT seems to be a pretty good guy, at least to us worker bee's. Seems like he wants to do a good job and he treats his workers with respect, unlike his predecessor Timmy Martin.

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Amy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:34:19 -0000

casting the movie.....

Patrick Wilson as Patrick Fitzgerald. he was the playground
daddy in Little Children......

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Master of the Oblivious — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:33:27 -0000

The governor's staff should not be commended, they have to be cut from the same cloth to stay as long as they have. It is longed suspicioned that they played their own little games with helping certain people either retain employment under the new post-Ryan administration or gain new employment from the outside. They should have to face any consequences that come their way even if it means testifying against the boss.

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Ahem — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:13:43 -0000

I think the RedEye was dead on with their movie version of Blago. Tom Cruise as Blago. It takes a nut....

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Anon in BB — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:08:20 -0000

Current headline on an AP story posted at Yahoo!:

"Illinois governor ignores Obama's call to resign"

Ouch.

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Bookworm — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:58:54 -0000

St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland; can his namesake drive the rats out of Illinois?

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From the Sidelines — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:48:41 -0000

I do not feel sorry for the governor's staff. They have seen first hand the character of the governor.

They either need to resign in protest or refuse to obey any order from the governor or his chief of staff.

Following an illegal order is a crime too. Just ask the Nuremberg defendants.

The director of the Illinois State Police needs to come out and state he will no longer follow orders from the governor's office. He will do his job, he'll oversee the state police, he'll even keep the governor's security detail around him, but from this moment forward he refuses to recognize the governor or his chief of staff in the chain of command.

If he was joined by other agency directors it would not only send a message, it would clarify to the world and the courts that the governor has lost the ability to govern, that he is in effect, disabled.

Then, the attorney-general would be on solid grounds to go to the Supreme Court with a petition for the governor's removal.

This obviously won't happen as the characters of many of the agency directors are questionable at best in the light of the recent developments, but it should.

An ethical person would not serve this governor. Resign or take a stand. Cowering down and just doing your job is what career state employees should be doing. For executive-level agency administrators, they should be reviewing their conscious tonight.