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* Before Pat Quinn became governor, this was a staff only, do not enter sign…

And the staff was quite nice to me when I walked through the door and took a wrong turn.

Well, most of them. Bob Reed, the governor’s top spokesman, didn’t seem all that pleased when he looked up and saw me standing in his doorway. He didn’t throw me out, though, so it was worth the test.

Caption?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:49 am

Comments

Please leave a recording devices at the door.

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:50 am
Shouldn’t the sign have $15,000 at the bottom?

Comment by sal-says Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:52 am
…unless you’re a Madigan.

Comment by Statehouse intern Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:53 am
Restrooms are for customers only.

Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:55 am
Is that the silhouette of our ex-governor?

Comment by anon Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:55 am
===Is that the silhouette of our ex-governor?===

lol

Nope. Me.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:56 am
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:57 am
Looks like Alfred Hitchcock in the background… seems fitting!

Comment by Belle Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:58 am
I have told the Governor’s staff that the sign symbolically represents to me one of the most refreshing changes the new administration has made.

Comment by steve schnorf Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 11:59 am
“Common prison wall decoration”

Comment by Greg Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:01 pm
The Blagoofers blew it when they declined to understand that locking that door — I believe you are standing in front of 212 — set a tone that they wanted to isolate themselves from the rest of the world.
It blew up in their face

Comment by Reddbyrd Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:03 pm
Below there is a sign: 40% off sale! Face time now only $15,000. We’re Ro-o-o-o-lling back prices!

Comment by Vote Quimby! Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:14 pm
“No camera phones allowed.”

Steve and Redd, I wholeheartedly agree with your comments.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:18 pm
So you enter only to find you are 2 stories up and nothing but air after you pass thru…the things that run through your mind as you freefall toward the pile of bodies below (but coming up fast!) Quinn the jokester…

Comment by You Go Boy Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:19 pm
Another sign hangs below reading: “Gone Press Conferencin’”

Comment by Obamarama Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:19 pm
“Out-of-Business”

Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:26 pm
… and Come on Down! … If and when The Price is Right…

Comment by Das Man Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:26 pm
“Abandon Hope, Ye Who Enter Here!”

Comment by Rick Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 12:38 pm
We’ve got snacks, coffee, bottled water, anything you want. Make yourself comfortable, even if you have no business here.

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:01 pm
Back to the Ryan, Thompson and Walker days.

Comment by Cal Skinner Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:06 pm
Maybe Bob thought you were Rick Pearson.

Comment by soccermom Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:09 pm
“Welcome to the Governor’s Office, PLEASE COME IN, Pardon Our Dust While We Fumigate”

Comment by ahem Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:21 pm
soccermom, lol. He knew who I was.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:26 pm
I agree, the sign really is symbolic of the change. Too bad changes have not been made where the real problem exists.

Comment by anon Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:26 pm
Actually Reed looks like both Capt Fax and Pearson
with a better haircut and clothes
Tripletts seperated at birth?

Comment by Reddbyrd Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:31 pm
JK, JK

Comment by soccermom Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:32 pm
. . . and bring money!

Comment by Bubs Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:40 pm
Just make sure that you have your press-pass or you will be asked to leave……

Comment by The Old Bobby Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:41 pm
This sign hand printed by Governor Quinn and not at taxpayers’ expense

Comment by LS Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 1:58 pm
The shadow of Rich in the background almost makes it seem like he is in some sort of witness protection program.

Comment by observation Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 2:08 pm
At Your Peril…

Comment by Michael Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 2:27 pm
Remember the modular office they placed adjacent to the portajohn? It’s a stunt!

Comment by Rose Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 2:41 pm
. . . to get directions to Madigan’s office. (The Real Power in Springfield)

Comment by Pale Rider Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 2:53 pm
Next stop, Big Muddy!

Comment by anon Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 2:54 pm
To demonstrate our new level of transparency, clothing is optional!

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 3:02 pm
VanillaMan - something to the tune Hotel California?

Comment by Belle Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 3:28 pm
Welcome to the Governor’s Office

Please Come In

We need your help!!!

Comment by Fredbird Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 4:13 pm
Please not Hotel California!

Welcome To The Office - Guns N’ Roses, enhanced by VanillaMan

Welcome to the Office
We’ve got fun ‘n’ games
We got everything you want
Honey, we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey
We’ll vote to please

In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Watch it bring you to your
sha na na na na na na na
knees, knees
We’re like rats to cheese!

Welcome to the Office
We take it day by day
If you want it, it’s pay-to-play
We just like it that way!
And you’re a Chicago Mayor
That’s very hard to please
You can get your Olympics
But you won’t get them for free
In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Feel my, my, cutting budget line
We, we wanna hear you scream

Welcome to the Office
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the Office where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You’ll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me

In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Watch it bring you to your
sha na na na na na na na
knees, knees
We’ll tax ya til you bleed

And when you’re high you never
Ever want to come down, so down,
So down, so down, so dooooowwwwwn
YEAH yeah yeah!

You know where you are?
You’re in the Office baby.
You’re gonna cry!

In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Watch it bring you to your
sha na na na na na na na
knees, knees

In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Feel the pressure break your spine!

In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Watch it bring you to your
sha na na na na na na na
knees, knees
In the Governor’s Office
Welcome to the Office
Watch it bring you to your
It’ gonna bring you down-HA!

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 4:30 pm
I wonder if the Elvis doll Blago had in his office is gone now. Maybe it should also read “Elvis has left the building”

Comment by Third Generation Chicago Native Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 4:48 pm
Bell out of order, please knock.

(I really did think of this before I read the other obvious reference to the Wizard of OZ)

Comment by long time state worker Tuesday, Jun 2, 09 @ 6:39 pm