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Here is that Southtown editorial I wrote about this morning regarding the governor’s snub of Bert Docter and the Southland:

What does a governor do when one of his advisers gives him advice he doesn’t want to hear?

If the governor is Rod Blagojevich, he gets rid of the adviser. That’s what the governor did last week when he dumped a south suburban business leader from the state’s advisory board on school funding issues.

South Holland businessman Bert Docter in recent years has become one of the Southland’s leading advocates for school funding reform and property tax relief. […]

There’s a clear message to the new board: Don’t give the governor any advice that he doesn’t agree with, or you’ll be replaced, too.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Mar 15, 05 @ 8:18 am

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