Blago’s Removal from Office
Well, as expected, Rod Blagojevich was removed from office today.
No big surprise there.
The most important thing to take away from this situation is that Illinoi scorruption didn’t begin with Rod Blagojevich and doesn’t end with Rod Blagojevich.
With our former governor - a Republican - in jail, and now our current governor being removed from office, it is clear that our state’s problems stem from a bipartisan addiction to corruption and cronyism that has destroyed any semblance of a two-party system in Illinois.
The voters of Illinois need to start holding our state’s attorneys accountable - to ensure they are no longer asleep at the switch and “punting” corruption investigations to the feds.
And reform-minded officials and voters in all political parties need to clean house and restore dignity and integrity to Illinois government.
Comments
2 Comments on Blago’s Removal from Office
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Frank on
Fri, 30th Jan 2009 11:40 am
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Alan on
Sat, 31st Jan 2009 4:45 pm
Blago down, Daley, Stroger and Jackson next
Hello Tony,
You are right. The Daley Machine has reigned Chicago like a roman empire.
We need to see new people who have accountablity for their actions and can set themselves as good law abiding citizens of Illinois. Many politicians have created negative stereotypes of people holding public office. We need people who can demonstrate positive images in high governmental office.
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