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Wednesday, Dec 1, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller
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More goofiness from the guv’s office
Wednesday, Dec 1, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller
“See if we can reduce the size”? How difficult could that be? He takes a dozen guards to Boston and ten to California and they can’t figure out how to bring fewer on the next trip? A recent item from the Washington Post: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, wife Maria Shriver and “a gaggle of Kennedys” were spotted strolling the streets of Georgetown yesterday afternoon. “Every single person they walked by seemed to notice them,” one caller said. Funny, but there was no mention in that article about 12 police officers blocking traffic and setting up an impenetrable perimeter around the most famous governor and political family in the nation. If Governor Blagojevich has received real threats to his person that require extra guards, then his staff should say so - or at least tell reporters off the record so we can move on to something else. If not, then he ought to just stop acting so self-important.
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Bad timing
Wednesday, Dec 1, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller The same day that mega-lobbying firm Ronan Potts was forced by a federal judge to pay more than $400,000 in fines and penalties, one of the governor’s most trusted lieutenants announced she was resigning to work for the firm. Former state Rep. Julie Curry, a key downstate member of the Blagojevich administration, is leaving her post at the end of the year to start a job that involves lobbying state government. Curry claimed she was leaving for “personal reasons.” Curry, 42, said her motivation to leave her $115,000 job as Blagojevich’s deputy chief of staff for economy and environment is personal. A resident of DeWitt County, she said that during the week, she sees her 7-year-old son about an hour a day, in the morning before her 50-minute commute to Springfield. I believe that one, mainly because I know her and her situation. Still, this was some bad timing. Something else in that story also qualifies as big Statehouse news: The lobbying firm to be headed by Potts will be called Illinois Strategies, she said, adding that she believes Ronan is retiring and that Potts had bought him out. Al Ronan retiring? Wow. Curry basically ran a half-dozen state agencies. The directors weren’t allowed to so much as sneeze without her permission. A replacement will be difficult to find because she remains one of the few people who knows what she’s doing in that outfit. Here’s a thought: Why not let the directors - who were, after all, confirmed by the Senate - actually run their own shows for a change? Nah. Never happen. The guv comes off as a happy-go-lucky type, but his budget director is a master control freak who would never let that idea see the light of day.
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Wednesday, Dec 1, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller OK, all of a sudden, my ITunes 4.7 started playing a short series of weird tones at the beginning of each song and then about every minute or so thereafter. The tones precede a scrolling of the song name and artist name at the bottom of the screen. I’ve looked at the Preferences to no avail, and I Googled the problem but couldn’t find anything. THIS IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING. Anyone have a solution? UPDATE: Reinstalled ITunes and rebooted twice and it’s gone. Wish I knew why so I could prevent it from happening again.
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