Pay to Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption Into a National Sideshow
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Illinois senator, appointed by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill President Obama's seat, gave 'incorrect, inconsistent, misleading or incomplete information,' the panel says. Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) was rebuked Friday by the Senate Ethics Committee, which issued a "public letter of qualified admonition" for his actions in connection with his appointment by disgraced former Illinois...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Gov. Rod Blagojevich introduces former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, left, to succeed President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate on Dec. 30, 2008 in Chicago . (Phil Velasquez/ Chicago Tribune) The Senate Ethics Committee's rebuke of Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois on Friday was criticized by some as too weak but was welcomed by the senator, whose office declared him cleared of "any...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
WASHINGTON | The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama’s old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it. Burris was appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office after he was accused of trying to sell the seat.
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich), who nominally represents me in the United States Senate, at best got a hand-slap from the Senate Ethics Committee for giving evasive and dishonest answers when he explained how he ended up getting appointed to Barack Obama's former seat. From AP: The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete"...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green Though he wasn’t dressed in a flight suit, Governor Pat Quinn declared “missions accomplished” in today's debate with rival Democratic candidate Dan Hynes. The hour long debate took place at the Union League Club of Chicago, with Hynes and Quinn trading barbs over pension reform, personality traits and the state budget. Quinn reminded attendees that he took...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A millionaire power broker who was to go to trial on corruption charges alongside ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was dropped Monday from the list of defendants.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
CHICAGO -- A millionaire power broker who was to go to trial on corruption charges alongside ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) has been dropped from the list of defendants.
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat who is running for the US Senate seat currently held by Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris, is like most politicians a chatty chap. But he's quiet about one thing. In a press release, the Illinois Republican Party tells us what that is. CHICAGO – Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady today called on Democrat Alexi Giannoulias to end...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
My congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston), endorsed Rod Blagojevich for governor in 2002 and 2006. Her husband, Robert Creamer, who later served five months in prison for kiting checks, worked on the Blago campaign in 2002. Schakowsky has endorsed fellow Democrat Alexi Giannoulias for the US Senate. That has put the Illinois Republican Party in a mood to do some research: CHICAGO – As Democrat...
Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Illinois seems positively excited at the prospect of the Guantanamo 205 terrorists moving in. I can see the Chicago welcoming party now: Mayor Daley, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Tony Rezko, the Reverend Wright, Rod Blagojevich, and Senators Dick Durbin and...
Election Addict (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan has apologised for incorrectly prosecuting, and securing the death penalty, for two men accused of murder 14 years ago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Ryan, unlike most of the other Republican candidates, also says that he would not lift the moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois imposed by former Governor George Ryan in 2000. Associated Press (in...
Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Indianapolis Times blog reports on Linda Pence's withdrawal from consideration as the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. Pence, who boasts of being a Super Lawyer, lost last year's race for Indiana Attorney General to Republican Greg Zoeller . The post has been vacant for more than two years after Susan Brooks left to become general counsel for Ivy Tech . It's a shame that...
Clout St (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Posted by Rick Pearson at 8:09 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn vowed transparency when he succeeded the disgraced Rod Blagojevich as the state's chief executive, but today neither Quinn nor his campaign would discuss whether they're behind the effort to remove...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri has vetoed 22 of the scores of bills passed by lawmakers in their hectic, two-day special session at the end of October, including legislation stripping the governor of his power to appoint a replacement for a U.S. senator who dies or leaves office in mid-term. Known as the "Blagojevich bill," the law seeks to remedy the problems that...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In Chicago, the sure-fire way to a successful political career is to be related to another politician. Such is the case with Deborah Mell, who is the daughter of powerful Alderman Dick Mell. She's also the sister-in-law of disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich. But Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago Business reports that Mell, a freshman legislator, may discover that connections can carry her only so...
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