Our beloved state Governor has been taken into Federal Custody Today!!!! What does this have to do with bowhunting you ask???? This is the guy that has raped our states outdoor funds and closed down state parks due to his money mismanagement. He is a Crony of Tony Rezco who also happened to let our soon to be president in on a shady land deal. This man is the biggest enemy to our state's bowhunters and hopefully they can nail him to the wall to take the void that will be filled by the pardon of his predecessor!!!
Go Rod! UPDATE: Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges. More details to come. A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information. A Blagojevich spokesman said he was unaware of the development. "Haven't heard anything -- you are first to call," Lucio Guerrero said in an e-mail. U.S. attorney's office spokesman Randall Samborn said both Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested today. Authorities aren't yet releasing details about those charges. The stunning, early morning visit by authorities to the governor's North Side home came amid revelations that federal investigators had recorded the governor with the cooperation of a longtime confidant and had begun to focus on the possibility that the process of choosing a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama could be tainted by pay-to-play politics. Blagojevich was taken into custody hours after the Tribune reported that the investigation into allegations of pay-to-play politics within his administration had been expanded to include his pending choice of a Senate replacement for Obama. The Democratic governor has said he expects to make a decision on the state's next senator in weeks. Sources told the Tribune that investigators intensified their investigation into Blagojevich amid concerns that the process of choosing a new senator could be tainted. The actions by federal authorities came a day before Blagojevich's 52nd birthday. The Tribune previously disclosed that federal investigators had recordings of Blagojevich. Those recordings were aided by the cooperation of longtime Blagojevich confidant and former congressional chief of staff John Wyma. On Monday, Blagojevich said he has done nothing wrong in his stewardship of the state and challenged critics to record him because his discussions were "always lawful."
He was allegedly going to sell the senate seat to the highest bidder, hahahaha. He was also pulling some extortion moves on the Tribune, hahaha.
Then he says... Why would you need a heads up if what you always say is lawful? I must be missing something!! Thank God the Feds finally picked him up. Hopefully it won't be too late to save some jobs at the prisons and state parks!!
you boys must be dancing in the streets with that one. Today they showed all the govenors in Ill history that have been convicted of a crime. Blag is the 4th since the 60's. Go OL' Ill politics.
George Ryan is going to get a pardon I'm betting. Oh well, I'm still happy with good ole Rod getting some prison time right along with him. I don't know many people in the state of IL that won't be happy about this news. The only reason he got re-elected to a second term is because of Chicago... Hopefully now that he's gone whoever steps in can solve this financial crisis and get some money flowing back towards the DNR and state parks that have suffered because of this idiot.
Now see if you lived in a free state instead of the socialist republic of illinois you wouldn be having that problem. why in OK we passed a law what says that it is a constitutional right to hunt and fish. also says that nobody but the odwc has any say so in any of our state parks etc. yep, its nice to be an okie. by the way.. glad yal got rid of him. hopefully the next guy does a better job
