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Oh, wow, the governor really stuck it to the old man this time.

The bad blood is reaching a rolling boil again between Ald. Richard Mell and his son-in-law, the governor.

After staying quiet for two months about his strained ties to Gov. Blagojevich, Mell is furious at the governor’s new legislative assault on the landfill industry — a maneuver the 33rd Ward alderman said is “laser-focused on our own family tragedy.”

Legislation filed in the Senate Monday by Blagojevich’s forces includes a provision that would bar — among others — relatives of the governor, including his father-in-law, from having any financial stake in landfills or receiving any “personal financial benefit” from waste-disposal operators.

I particularly enjoyed this line:

“This has nothing to do with the alderman,” Blagojevich spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff said. “He’s said that he has no involvement or no interest in any landfills, so he won’t even be impacted.”

She got him there.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Apr 12, 05 @ 4:31 am

Comments

1. No comments on this issue? Doesn’t Quarters Boyle have access to a computer in the klink?

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Apr 12, 05 @ 10:34 am

2. Whether or not you take Mell at his word that he has no interest in the landfill, which I think you can on this one, it is incredible the lengths that the Governor will go to in order to use Mell as a punching bag for polling purposes and to take attention away from the real issues facing our state.

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Apr 12, 05 @ 12:42 pm

3. Why can’t Mell have an interest?

   Patti is making a ton of money on real estate

   Chris Kelly is making money

   Tony Retzko is making money

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Apr 12, 05 @ 6:58 pm

4. Dear Previous Poster:

   Would you please learn how to spell Rezko! The distinctive “Retzko” style you use here and at other blogs kinda makes you stand out among the anon. crowd.

   Well, that and your immature Johnny one note attacks on Rod’s family and friends.

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Apr 12, 05 @ 8:32 pm

5. So how is Rezko or Retzko spelled?
   What is the origin of that name?

   What is going on with the minority front allegations with the Rezko businesses?

   Comment by Anonymous Friday, Apr 15, 05 @ 5:46 pm

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