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1. Blagojevich hires holding onPublished: 04:00 AM Nov 23,2009
Gov. Quinn took office nearly 10 months ago saying he'd "fumigate state government" in the wake of his predecessor, Rod Blagojevich, being booted from office. To legislators, part of that scrub-down seemed obvious: Quinn would clean house of s...
2. Inside one questionable clout hire
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 23,2009
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration wanted Louis Bertucci hired. So the clout-heavy Bertucci got hired. He was given a $43,968-a-year job in January 2004 with the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Bertucci, 48, held the post f...
3. Senate ethics panel admonishes Burris, but no charges coming
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 20,2009
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was admonished today by the U.S. Senate ethics committee over his testimony in Springfield concerning how he got appointed to Barack Obama?s vacant Senate seat. But his actions following his appointment by then Gov.-Rod Blagojevich did not rise to level of pursuing ethics charges against Burris, the committee ruled.
4. His past? On 'clout list.' His present? Helping O'Brien
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 16,2009
For years, Thomas Simmons was a high-ranking bureaucrat at City Hall. He also ran a successful "patronage army" of African Americans on the West Side. Simmons helped many of his supporters get city jobs, according to testimony at the 2006 tria...
5. Operation 'Oust Stroger'?
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 16,2009
Political double agents -- that seems the right phrase to describe some volunteers working on the Cook County Board president's race. Their true allegiance might not be clear. But their mission is: to topple incumbent County Board President Todd Stroger.
6. Rod Blagojevich's brother wants separate trial
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 16,2009
The Blagojevich brothers haven?t exactly been in lockstep lately. On Monday, Rob Blagojevich?s lawyer, Michael Ettinger, said his client doesn?t want to be tried with the "Celebrity Apprentice" star. And while ex-governor Rod Blagojevich...
7. Blagojevich trial down to just ex-gov, brother
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 14,2009
Rod Blagojevich and his brother, Rob, will go to trial without anyone else next year after the government agreed to try Downstate businessman William Cellini separately.
8. Blago makes Mad mag 'dumbest' list
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 11,2009
Mad magazine's annual "Mad 20'' issue -- on sale next Tuesday -- features the dumbest people, events and things of the year. Guess who ranked 15th on the list? Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (whose name, the magazine says, is pronounced "like you'...
9. Metro briefs
Published: 12:00 AM Nov 10,2009
Blago sister-in-law could be kicked out of House Impeached ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lone defender in the Illinois House may herself wind up being booted from office because of a potential glitch with her nominating p...
10. Quinn's barber makes clean-cut recommendation
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 10,2009
What? No dandruff? The abundance of hair is becoming a political campaign issue . . . and Gov. Quinn's campaign folks are going to new lengths to distance him from former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. ? Quoth Quinn's barber,
11. Hair-raising Halloween costume
Published: 04:00 AM Nov 8,2009
A post-Halloween memo: One of the children trick-or-treating at the Springfield mansion shagged candy from Gov. Quinn by dressing up as former Gov. Rod Blagojevich! ? Translation: It's called a hair scare.
12. It's Rod Zombie! Undead Blagojevich haunts halls
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 30,2009
Dave Hoekstra: The Statesville Haunted Prison has done a lot of time as one of the top haunted houses in the Midwest. The ?prison? is on Siegel?s Cottonwood Farms in Crest Hill ? across Weber Road from the real Stateville Correctional Center. The farm celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. But what could be scarier than a zombie Rod Blagojevich haunting the corridors?
13. Senate moves to lower threshold for Stroger override
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 29,2009
State lawmakers Thursday moved to clip the powers of Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, tighten cemetery oversight and cap campaign contribution following Rod Blagojevich?s alleged fund-raising abuses.
14. Andy McKenna enters Illinois governor's race
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 27,2009
It?s no longer just comedians making fun of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich?s huge head of hair. Former state Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna jumped into the governor?s race Tuesday ? and promptly showed a video making political hay out of Bl...
15. Was state deal to state jobs?
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 26,2009
The Watchdogs: A secret hiring database kept by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is shedding new light on a controversy over lucrative pressure-washing jobs that went to a Cicero company owned by a major Blagojevich campaign contributor.
16. Even if recall passes, ousting the governor won't be easy
Published: 12:00 AM Oct 24,2009
With Rod Blagojevich gone, but not forgotten, Illinois legislators voted recently to give citizens a tool to remove future scandal-scarred governors -- the recall. Earlier this month, the Illinois Senate voted to put on the ballot i...
17. Lon Monk, former top Blagojevich aide, pleads guilty
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 21,2009
He was a groomsman in Rod Blagojevich's wedding and the ex-governor's first chief of staff. But, on Tuesday, Alonzo "Lon" Monk said he was something else: an eyewitness to a litany of corruption under Blagojevich, including a scheme by the forme...
18. Old gang of Rod's never dreamed of breakup like this
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 21,2009
Alonzo "Lon" Monk was Rod Blagojevich's close friend. They roomed together in law school at Pepperdine University. Monk stood up at Blagojevich's wedding and later came to work in his congressional office. Eventua...
19. Fascination with Blago trumps common sense
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 20,2009
Rod Blagojevich has every right to go on the "Celebrity Apprentice" television program and proclaim his innocence while making an even bigger ass of himself than he already has -- and he's even welcome to get paid to do it.
20. 4 recommended by topless bar owner got hired by Blagojevich administration
Published: 04:00 AM Oct 19,2009
Perry Mandera might not be a well-known name in most circles. But when he tried to get people a job in then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration, it seems his name carried weight, according to records kept by Blagojevich aides.
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