Hodgepodge
Okay, I'm kind of swamped today, but in Rich's absence, I'll try to give you folks something to do with your time. A quick State, County, and City rundown would include:In the Fawell Said it Was Okay Department, news breaks of hiring lists.
In the Make Up Your Mind Department, Stroger now expected to stay on the ballot.
In the This Can't Be Good for the Defense Department, City Personnel Director tells her tale.
Tee off on the level of government of your choice.
posted by Rep. John Fritchey @ 5/17/2006
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Looks like Blagojevich is taking the Mayor Daley approach to the cooking of the personnel decisions by his administration: keep the involved folks on as long as you can (DeFraties and Casey were given other cushy state jobs no doubt with a view to keeping them quiet) and then when that doesn't seem to be working, fire them. Say they are loose cannons and that you never had any idea anything like this was going on. Never.
It seems to have worked for da Mare so far. He seems to be the way front runner for 2007. Although with the Sorich trial he has to be getting just a tad nervous.
I bet Blago is sweating that Sorich trial too. Two major Democratic patronage/cronyism scandals might make the voters forget about George Ryan.
Meanwhile, JBT, who presumably could be a political beneficiary of all this rampant Democratic corruption, can't seem to get her
feckless campaign going. But maybe she won't have to.
The Stroger family must think we're a bunch of suckers. There is no way John Stroger is coming back in any way, shape, or form to lead Cook County. Period.
These "meetings" Chief of Staff keeps having with the president? According to rumor (from well-placed people), they're watching basketball and baseball games together. That's why Whigham won't even tell the press *when* he's meeting with Stroger.
An acquaintance at Rush who saw Stroger shortly before he was discharged from that institution said he was weeks away from being able to speak at all.
It's a sad commentary on the state of the American citizenry when people don't get at all worked up by the fact that $3 billion in tax dollars is being spent by unelected bureaucrats without any supervision and that the President of the United States is repeatedly and willfully violating the Constitution and federal statutes (to name just two outrages that should have us all marching in the streets).
How could JBT use the hiring list to her advantage? If I recall correctly, she was on fawell’s list 10 times.
I’m sure that she has recommended a person for a state job at one time. I’m also sure that she has hired staff in her office at the request of lawmakers and former Governors.
Criticism coming from George Ryan’s polka partner. Give me a break!
Topinka and Blago are about equally dirty.
But Blago seems more stable at least.
The Republicans really screwed up in not nominating someone who could have offered voters a real choice. They are just re-running the George Ryan team.
Now Blago's just going to waltz in again.
I support Rod Blagojevich 100%, but, a few months ago, I was worried that one of the other candidates would win the Republican primary. I still think that Rod would have one, but this would be a tough issue for him.
This is one drum that JBT can't bang on.
Also, I'd be willing to bet that there are a few Republican sponsors on the hiring list.
Hint, Tom C.
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