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You better put your kingdom up for sale

Keep the discussion Illinois-centric, please.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Mar 26, 25 @ 7:49 am

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Dave Dahl of WTAX has a piece today on how the City of Springfield’s video of the City Council’s weekly meetings has blacked out portions when Caitlyn Weiss spoke regarding recently retired Springfield police officer Michael Egan’s crash into a couple on a motorcycle. One of the riders was Caitlyn’s sister.

Comment by Jack in Chatham Wednesday, Mar 26, 25 @ 8:11 am
EEC released another 11 OEIG reports, seems to be more COVID-related PPP fraud.

Comment by Anyone Remember Wednesday, Mar 26, 25 @ 10:19 am
@Anyone Remember. I did read another story about more criminal theft by state employees.
A bit embarrassing for some folks; but as the old saying goes”You go fishing in a pond where you are likely to find fish”.
In a state that leads the country in corruption, has a history of a corrupt culture, has avoided ethics legislation for years, regularly in the news with stories like the conviction of folks like the Com. Ed criminals and Madigan stuff it just makes sense that our state seems like a good place to “fish” for criminals.

Comment by Back to the Future Wednesday, Mar 26, 25 @ 11:43 am
“In a state that leads the country in corruption … .”

Maybe, maybe not. Had a Public Administration professor from KY who had gotten his BA at a small downstate IL college. His contention was that, per capita / per person, KY was just as corrupt as IL. However, KY’s corruption was almost entirely at the local level, outside the range of TV news and, quite often, the local newspaper was composed of Homers, not Reporters, or in some cases, in on it.

Comment by Anyone Remember Wednesday, Mar 26, 25 @ 2:08 pm