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El Tejon

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« on: April 17, 2006, 09:13:32 AM »
No surprise.  When I was in law school in Chicago, the professors would joke about the corruption of Illinois government.

Maybe Illinois will clean things up now.Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2006, 09:44:10 AM »
A line would be helpful, no?  Geez, El Tejon meets technology.Cheesy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060417/ap_on_re_us/governor_s_trial
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2006, 11:32:58 AM »
Too bad it is a former governor and not the current one.  Oh well, maybe he's next.
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« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2006, 11:55:56 AM »
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Too bad it is a former governor and not the current one.  Oh well, maybe he's next.
What is it with that state?  Most of the state is rural and their laws look like NYC.  Maybe someone can do something about Daley?  Bring back Jane Byrn.
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« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2006, 11:58:41 AM »
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Too bad it is a former governor and not the current one.  Oh well, maybe he's next.
That was my reaction too when I read it.

El Tejon, any speculation on defendant's counsel? Why would a firm of that size take on this case pro bono?
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« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2006, 04:51:56 PM »
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Maybe Illinois will clean things up now.
Might rain nickels, too.
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2006, 02:49:05 AM »
gar, I could tell you why according to the tilecrawler chatter (I still have many friends in Chicago), but I would likely be sued for defamation.

Fly, yes, but Blago has to be pooping his pants.  Ryan got in trouble for what was always done in Illinois.  Some of the predicate acts of Ryan's case can be found in the Blago administration.

Rabbi, it all started with Illinois new state constitution about 35 years ago.  Chicago seized more power and rewrote many provisions (including, btw, the state's rkba admendment which is now "subject to police power").

The state then became stamped with Chicago's character of tyranny and corruption.  Mayor Daley continues to attempt to extend Chicago's reach in taxes and banning guns.
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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2006, 08:53:48 AM »
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Bring back Jane Byrn.
I'm pretty sure Chicago go tit's handgun de-facto ban during the Byrne administration.
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« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2006, 10:04:16 AM »
Gov Ryan isn't even the tip of the iceburg, he's a small snowflake sitting on the tip of the iceburg as far as Illinois corruption goes.
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« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2006, 01:05:43 PM »
>Maybe someone can do something about Daley?<

Many hre have heard this story...

 When my mother was raising four kids in Chicago, she had a job as a secretary in Old Man Daley's office. She told me, quite bluntly one day, that she had ALWAYS wanted to beat the snot out of "Little Dick" (her term). Appearantly, at one point, he made a serious blunder, and the Old Man told him "After something like this, I should give Connie some time alone with you!"...

 'Course, at the rate we're going, IL will end up with CCW before WI does, so we ain't in much better shape...

>Bring back Jane Byrn.<

I was a kid in Lake Zurich when she got elected, and all i remember about her was the "moving in to Capreni Green" publicity stunt...
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« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2006, 01:42:20 PM »
I was not a kid when she did that.  I did spend the summer of '79 at Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern when Jane was the "boss."  I was kidding, of course, about bringing her back.  I dont know any mayor I'd like to see for that city.  The ones who get anything done are crooks and the honest ones are incompetant.
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« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2006, 06:35:08 PM »
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gar, I could tell you why according to the tilecrawler chatter (I still have many friends in Chicago), but I would likely be sued for defamation.
Sad but true. But pretty much tells me I was headed in the right direction with my theory though.
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